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16. Crown olive-gray without blackish spots, or sides of head dull 

 orange with a stripe over the eye of the same color; upper 

 parts paler and grayer . Bullock Oriole,female and immature male. 



16. Crown streaked or spotted with black, sometimes wholly 

 black, or sides of head dusky and no stripe over eye; upper 



parts darker, more olivaceous 



Baltimore Oriole, female and immature male. 



494. *Dolichonyj? oryzivorus (Linnaeus) — Bobolink. 



Present and breeding in suitable localities over the" state, locally 

 abundant, especially in the sand-hill lake region. Arrives first week 

 in May, breeds from late May to middle June, departs in middle Sep- 

 tember. Cherry and Holt counties, North Platte — abundant breed- 

 er. Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, Gresham, Scribner, Norfolk, York, 

 Neligh — occasional breeder. 



495. *Molothrus ater (Boddsert) — Cowbird. 



Entire state, abundant; arriving about the third week in March 

 or a little earlier, breeding (parasitically) throughout the season, 

 remaining commonly until late October or early November. 



497. *Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte) — Yellow-headed 



Blackbird. 

 Whole of the state, abundant migrant and (locally), summer resi- 

 dent and breeder, especially in the lakes of the sand-hill region. 

 Omaha, Lincoln, Peru, West Point, Neligh, York, and west to Dundy 

 county — occasional to common breeder. Arrives second week in 

 Aprii, breeds in May, departs in late October. 



498. *Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus) — Red-winged Blackbird. 



A common to abundant summer resident and breeder over entire 

 state in the vicinity of marshy ground. Arrives first or second week 

 in March, breeds from middle May to middle July, departs in early 

 November, a few remaining all winter. 



498d. Agelaius phoeniceus fortis Ridgway — Northern Redwing. 



Common migrant. The type of this new form was taken at Omaha, 

 March 9, from migrating individuals, the breeding range being the 

 far northern "interior districts of British America." In migrations 

 it extends over the whole region from the Rockies to the Mississippi. 



501. Sturnella magna (Linnaeus) — Meadowlark. 



Although nearly all our meadowlarks belong to the following species, 

 there is yet an occasional occurrence of typical magna or specimens 

 nearer magna than neglecta in extreme eastern Nebraska. Such 

 specimens have been noted several times at Omaha, and on March 18, 

 1903, a bird evidently magna by both appearance and song was care- 

 fully observed by both Wolcott and Swenk near the lake west of Lin- 

 coln. It is. however, rare, and its breeding doubtful. 



