686 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



(Sub'-famiiy Agelaince, the Starlings.) 

 DoUcJionyx.oryzivoms, (bobolink; reed-bird:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



• 



85 



97 



101 



61728 

 61730 

 61739 



9 



June 17, 1872 

 June 18, 1872 

 June 18,1872 



H X12t^ 

 7 Xlli 

 7-Aj X llf 



Ogden, Utah. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Hab. — Eastern Nortli America to Eocky Mountains ; westward to Salt 

 Lake and East Humboldt Mountains. 



The only place on our route where we met with these birds was in the 

 Great Salt Lake Valley ; here they were quite abundant. 



Agelaius pJioenicetis, Vieill., (red-winged blackbird ; 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



15 



87 



61725 



61726 



^ 

 ^ 



June 6,1872 

 June 17,1872 



9A X 15H 

 9i Xl5i 



Ogden, Utah. 

 Do. 



Hob. — United States, from Atlantic to Pacific. 



Eed-winged blackbirds were very common near Ogden, where they 

 were breeding. This, as well as the preceding species, is too common 

 to need description. 



XanthocepJialus icier ocephahiSj Baird, (yellow-headed blackbird :) 



No. 



Catalogue - 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



135 

 137 

 136 

 138 



61786 

 61787 

 61783 

 61784 



2 



June 29, 1872 

 June 29, 1872 

 June 29, 1872 

 June 29, 1872 



101 X 18 

 lOf X 17^ 

 lOf X 18i 

 8i X 14i 



Marsh Valley, Idaho. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Hal). — Western America, from Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, and IsTorth 

 Ked Eiver.to California, south into Mexico. Greenland, Eeiuhardt. 



I saw a few yellow-headed blackbirds in a marsh near Salt Lake. The 

 only other place where we found them was at Marsh Creek, near Car- 

 penter's Eauch, Idaho Territory. Here I obtained four good specimens 

 and one nest. The nest was fastened to a clump of rushes in a marsh, 

 about five feet above the water, and was composed of dry swamp-grass. 

 It had no lining, and presented the same appearance inside as out. It 

 was very solid, and contained four nearly fresh eggs of a light greenish 

 color, covered with darker spots. 



