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William Post 
was reported from North Carolina in 1989, and that report was 
accompanied by a photograph (Cooper 1990). Although the observer 
meticulously recorded the details of his observation, and the report 
is undoubtedly correct, the photograph itself is not clear enough to 
exclude the possibility that the individual is a brown-headed cow- 
bird ( Molothrus ater). 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS— I thank John O. Fussell, III for ar- 
ranging for the delivery of the specimen to the U. S. National 
Museum, and Roxie C. Laybourne and John Anderson for the speci- 
men’s preparation. Dave Lee called my attention to an important 
reference. 
LITERATURE CITED 
Cooper, S. 1990. North Carolina’s first shiny cowbird ( Molothrus bonarienses). 
Chat 54:28-84. 
Grzybowski, J. A., and V. W. Fazio, III. 1991. Shiny cowbird reaches 
Oklahoma. American Birds 45:50-52. 
Hutcheson, W. H., and W. Post. 1990. Shiny cowbird collected in South 
Carolina: first North American specimen. Wilson Bulletin 102:561. 
Post, W., A. Cruz, and D. B. McNair. 1992. The North American 
invasion pattern of the shiny cowbird. Journal of Field Orinthology 
64:32-41. 
Post, W., and J. W. Wiley. 1977. The shiny cowbird in the West 
Indies. Condor 79:119-121. 
Smith, P. W., and A. Sprunt, IV. 1987. The shiny cowbird reaches the 
United States. American Birds 41:370-371. 
Surner, S. 1992. First record of shiny cowbird ( Molothrus bonariensis ) 
in Maine. Maine Bird Notes 5:1-2. 
Accepted 29 October 1992 
