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[B 416, C 217, R 272, C 327.J 



Geog. Dist. — Tablelands of Mexico, from Puebla and Valley of 

 Mexico north through the western United States to Manitoba and 

 British Columbia east of the Cascades, and from the western portion 

 of the Plains to the Pacific. 



Genus SCOLECOPHAG-US Swainson. 



Scolecophagus Swains. F. B. A. II. 183 1, 286. Type, Oriolu^ 

 ferrugineus Gmel. = Tardus caroUnus Mull. 



509. Scolecophagus carolinus (Mull.). 



Rusty Blackbird. 



Turdus carolinus Muller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. 1776, 140. 

 Scolecophagus caroUnus Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 

 356- 



[B417, C 221, R273, C331.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, west to Alaska and the 

 Plains. Breeds from northern New England, northern New York, 

 and northern Michigan northward. Accidental in Lower California. 



510. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (Wagl.). 



Bre-wer's Blackbird. 



Psarocolius cyanocephalus Wagl. Isis, 1829, 758. 

 Scolecophagus cyanocephalus Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 185 1, 193. 



[B 418, C 222, R 274, C 332.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western North America, from the Plains to the 

 Pacific, and from the Saskatchewan region south on the highlands of 

 Mexico to Oaxaca. 



Genus QUISCALUS Vieillot. 

 Subgenus QUISCALUS. 

 Quiscalus Vieill. Anal. 1816, 36. Type, Gracula quiscula Linn. 



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