EED-WINGED BLACK-BIED. 
The Eed-winged Black-bird in sunnner 
inhabits the whole of North America from 
Nova Scotia to Mexico, and is found in the 
interior from the tifty-third degree across 
the whole continent to the shores of the 
Pacific, and along the coast as far as Cali- 
fornia. They are migratory north of 
Maryland, but pass the winter and sum- 
mer in great numbers in all the southern 
states, frequenting chiefly the settlements 
and rice and corn-fields, towards the sea- 
coast, where they move about like black- 
ening clouds, rising suddenly at times 
with a noise like thunder, and exhibiting 
