Nests in Trees, Bushes, or Vines 



511b. Bronzed Crackle: Q. q. aeneus (Ridgw.) 



Adii/tS — Iridescent blue, purple, green, and bronze, without the 

 bars on the rump, very similar to the two preceding species ; 

 nearly the same as Quiscalus quiscula. 



Adulf^ — More brown than the male, with more or less irides- 

 cence. 



Breeding Range — "From Texas to Great Slave Lake, east to the 

 Alleghanies, as far north as Pennsylvania, and north of 

 this eastward to Connecticut, and northward to Labrador." 

 (Chapman.) 



The breeding habits, nests, and eggs are almost, if not quite, 

 identical with those of the two preceding species. 



513. Boat-tailed Crackle: Quiscalus major Vieill. 



Adult i, — Brilliant blue black, or almost blue. Length — 16.00. 

 Adulfi — Upper parts brownish; under parts dull buff or snuff 



colour. Length — 12.50. 

 Breeding Range — Florida, north to Virginia (near the Atlantic 



coast), and on the Gulf coast to Texas. 



The nest is a large structure of grass, saw-grass, sea-weed, 

 roots, mud, sticks, and bark, placed in saw-grass or other 

 Swamps, or in bushes or trees, usually in the immediate vicinity 

 jf water. The eggs, 3 to 5 in number, are bluish or greenish 

 white or drab, with scrawls, spots, and blotches of dark purplish 

 brown or black. Size — 1.24 x .81. 



These beautiful birds, so resplendent in their bright blue- 

 black coats, appear almost like flashes of blue fire as they dart 

 among the deep shadows of the Florida alder swamps. They 

 are strictly gregarious during the breeding season, which begins 

 in April, large numbers nesting within a small area. 



515. Pine Grosbeak: Pinicola enucleator (Linn.) 



Adults — Reddish rose colour, tinged with slaty gray, especially 

 on the back and belly ; wings brown, with whitish edgings. 



Adult <i — Grayish, tinged with yellowish where in the male the 

 rose colour is most pronounced. Length — 9.08. 



Breeding Range — Chiefly to the north of the United States, and 

 probably in northern New England. 



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