536 BIRDS ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER 



A. O. U. No. 



No. in List. 



part of South America in the middle part of May, 

 and in early fall depart for the south. — In our 

 southern rice-fields they are very destructive to 

 the crop, and are killed and trapped in every con- 

 ceivable way. In Washington, D. C, in pretty 

 near all the hotels they are served to the guests as 

 rice-birds. — The protection that they receive in 

 the northern states prevents their extermination. 



495. MOLOTHRUS ATER. 151 



COWBIRD. 



Breeds. Lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. My 

 son Edward found an egg of a Cowbird in the nest 

 of a white-bellied Nuthatch, which was in a hori- 

 zontal dry branch of a Linden about 40 feet above 

 the ground. 



498. AGELAIUS PHCENICUS. 152 



RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 

 Abundant. Breeds. 



497. XANTOCEPHALUS XANTOCEPHALUS. 153 



YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. 

 Rare. Migrant. 



501. STURNELLA MAGNA. 154 



MEADOW LARK. 



Common. Breeds. To my knowledge this bird has 

 increased materially in the surroundings of Buf- 

 falo. 



506. ICTERUS SPURIUS. 155 



ORCHARD ORIOLE. 

 Quite common. Breeds. 



507. ICTERUS GALBULA. 156 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 

 Common. Breeds. 



509. EUPHAGUS CAROLINUS. 157 



RUSTY BLACKBIRD. 

 Common. Migrant. 



511 QUISCALUS QUISCULA. 158 



CROW BLACKBIRD. 

 Common. Breeds. 



