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were reported after May 24. As far as I know, this 

 species was not seen in this locaHty during the winter 

 1917-18. Bird-students will continue to watch for the 

 coming of the Evening Grosbeaks as their yellow, black 

 and white plumage is one of the finest sights in a Maine 

 winter. 



FAMILY BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 



83. (511b) BRONZED GRACKLE; CROW BLACKBIRD 



A common summer resident near wet places. 

 Arrives during the last week in March and departs late 

 in October. More plentiful during spring and autumn 

 migrations when flocks whistle and squeak like sign- 

 boards. 



"The blackbirds clatt'rin' in tall trees, 

 An' settlin' things in windy congresses." — Lowell. 



Note. — The Crow Blackbird in the neighborhood of New York 

 City is the Purple Grackle. About Boston and northward it is 

 the Bronzed Grackle. 



84. (509) RUSTY BLACKBIRD 



A migrant ; more common in the autumnal than in the 

 spring migration. Arrives the last of March or first of 

 April. It may be seen about two weeks before going to 

 its nesting ground. I saw a few April 22 which is late. 

 The last of September and first of October it reappears 

 and feeds among the ripened corn shocks. The South 

 calls the bird away the latter part of October. 



85. (507) BALTIMORE ORIOLE; GOLDEN ROBIN 



A summer resident, arriving the first of May (May 7) 

 and leaving the first of September. One was reported on 

 a city lawn September 11. 



This bird sings from the time of its arrival to its de- 

 parture, although the song perceptibly wanes late in July. 



