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♦Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbida). A somewhat more common summer 

 resident than the preceding species. It arrives early in May and remains until 

 September. (See group, third floor). 



*Rusty Blackbird (Euphagtis carolinus). A common migrant. passing 

 northward in March, returning in Septemlier and sometimes remaining during 

 the winter. 



Fig. 19. Reii-wixged Bl.xckbird. 



*Purple Crackle: Crow Blackbird (Quiscalus quiscida). A common sum- 

 mer resident of local distribution, nesting in colonies. It is one of our earliest 

 migrants, arriving from the south with the Red-winged Blackbird about March 

 I. During the breeding season it is not seen far from the vicinity of its nest, 

 but about July i, when the your.g are on the wing, the birds gather in small 

 flocks and wander over the country, pausing wherever they find an abundance 

 •of food. These flocks gradually coalesce and, in October and November, form 

 lenormous gatherings numbering thousands of birds. 



♦Bronzed Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula ceneus). A spring and fall migrant, 

 sometimes not uncommon. 



Family FRINGILLID.F;. Finches, Sp.\rrows, etc. 



Evening Grosbeak {Hcsperiphona vespertina). During the winter and 

 early spring of 1,890 there was a phenomenal incursion of Evening Grosbeaks 

 into the northern United States. The most southern record of their occurrence 

 in the Atlantic States was at Summit, N. J., where, on March 6, Mr. W. O. 

 Raymond observed a flock of eight birds (Orn. and 061., XV, 1890, p. 46), 

 No specimens were collected, but Mr. Raymond watched the birds for some 

 time at a distance of about eight feet, and he has since examined skins of the 

 species in this Museum, thus confirming his identification. 



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