of the United States . 53 
53. Icterus pecoris. Temm. Glossy black ; head and neck 
deep silky drab. 
Female sooty-brown, beneath pale. 
Young similar, the breast spotted. 
Cow Bunting, Emberiza pecoris, Wils . Am. Orn . ii. p. 145- 
pi, is .fig. 1 . male, fig, 2. female, fig. 3. young . 
Inhabits in summer, Canada and the northern states, in 
winter the southern and Mexico : found also in South Amf 
rica : common : migrating in large flocks. The only spe- 
cies known, that, like the European Cuckoo, deposits its eggs 
in the nests of other birds : like the European Starling 
it follows cattle and alights on their backs. Intimately allied 
to the preceding subgenus, to which it may with propriety 
be united. 
54. Icterus agripennis, Nob. Tail feathers very acute. 
Adult male in spring dress, black ; hind head cream 
colour ; scapulars, rump, and tail coverts, white. 
Female, young, and male, in summer, autumn, and winter 
dress, varied with brownish-black and reddish-olive ; beneath 
dull yellow'. 
Bice Bunting , Emberiza onjzivora , Wils. Am. Orn. ii. 
p* 48. pi. 12. fig. i. male in spring dress, fig. 2 . female. 
Inhabits the whole United States during summer : com- 
mon : wintering in tropical America. Breeds north of the 
fortieth parallel. 
Anomalous : strictly intermediate between Fringilla (Fa- 
mily Passerini) and Icterus, (Family Gregarii) : particularly 
related to the acute-tailed North American Fringillae. Toes 
very long, and tail, formed like that of the Woodpecker, 
often used in the same manner for the purpose of climbing 
on the reeds and rice. 
CORACES. 
Bill cultrate, edges sharp. Outer toe free, or hardly united 
at base to the middle one. 
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