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NESTS AND EGOS OF 



MS. Red-winged Blackbikd, Upper, male ; lower, female (After Audubon). 



498a. SOITOBAN BED-WING. Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis Bidgw. Geog. 

 Dist. — Northiern Mexico and contiguous borders of the United States, from the Lower 

 .Rio Grande Valley and Southern Arizona north to the Lower Colorado Valley, Cali- 

 fornia and Chilliwack, British Columbia. 



This Is a larger race than the Northern Red-wing, with a smaller bill, and in the- 

 male the upper parts are lighter colored; the female is also paler in color. The nest- 

 ing habits, eggs, etc., are identical with those of A'ffelaius phceniceiis. 



