AGELAINJE. AGELAIUS. 
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Rice-Bunting, Emberiza oryzivora, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v, ii, p. 48. 
Icterus agripennis, Bonap. Syn. p. 53. 
Dolichonyx oryzivorus, Sharp-tailed Rice-Bird, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. 
V. ii. p. 278. 
Rice-Bird, or Bob-o-link, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 185. 
Rice-Bird, Icterus agripennis, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 283 5 v. v. p. 486. 
GENUS II. MOLOTHRUS, Swains. COW-BIRD. 
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Bill rather short, very stout, moderately compressed, co- 
nical; upper mandible with the dorsal line slightly convex, 
its ridge flattened for half its length, afterwards narrow, 
sides convex, edges direct, tip rather acute ; lower mandible 
with the angle short and wide, the dorsal outline ascending, 
straight, sides erect and convex, edges involute, tip acute ; 
gape-line gently ascending for a third of its length, after- 
wards direct. Nostrils small, elliptical. Plumage blended, 
glossy. Wings rather long, pointed, the second quill long- 
est, the first almost equal. Tail of moderate length, the 
feathers broad and rounded. 
212. 1. Molothrus pecoris, Gmel. Common Cow-bird. 
Plate XCIX. Male and Female. Plate CCCCXXIV. Fig. 4. Young. 
Male with the head and neck sooty-brown, the body black, glossed 
with green, the fore part of the back with blue. F emale considerably 
smaller, greyish-brown, the lower parts lighter. Young with the up- 
per parts greyish-brown, the quills and tail darker; wing-coverts and 
secondary quills narrowly edged with light brown, primaries with 
whitish ; lower parts dull yellowish- white, the sides marked with a 
series of dark brown pointed spots. 
Male, 7, Hi. 
Dispersed from Texas northward to Lat. 68°. and throughout the 
United States. Great numbers winter in the Southern States. 
Cow Bunting, Emberiza pecoris, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 145. 
Icterus pecoris, Bonap. Syn. p. 53. 
Molothrus pecoris. Cow-pen or Cuckoo Bunt, Swains. & Rich. F, Bor. Amer. 
V. ii. p. 277. 
Cow Troopial, or Cow Blackbird, Icterus pecoris, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 178. 
Cow-pen Bird, Icterus pecoris, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 493 ; v. v. p. 233, 490. 
GENUS III. AGELAIUS, Swains. MARSH-BLACKBIRD. 
Bill shorter than the head, stout, straight, conical, ta- 
pering to an acute point ; upper mandible with the dorsal 
