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edges on the head and throat. Whether it belonged to this species 
I cannot say with certainty. There was no decided difference 
between the gloss on the head and the rest of the body. This 
was true also of another young male I shot October 4. It was 
in a flock in which the birds were apparently all of the same 
size. Besides those on the head and neck, it had the same 
brown ^bordered feathers on the back. * M. of 2. L. 244-245. 
W. 119-123. T. 91-93. B. 22-26. According to Coues these 
measurements appear too large for the foregoing species, but 
partly too small for the present. It is a western bird. It is met 
with however occasionally in Wisconsin. Shot in Green Lake 
county (King). 
101. ^niscalus quiscula seneus (Ridgw.). xx M. $ (4) L. 
281-317. E. 417-455. W. 128-144. T. 126-133. $ L. 277. E. 
404. W. 131. T. 113. Many have nests singly or in small 
colonies. The largest colony was found in a row of high pop¬ 
lars that stood around our neighbor’s garden. Here upwards of 
50 pairs built. The height from the ground is very different. 
In the poplars no nest was lower than 12 feet, the most about 30. 
At Wolf River I found one nest 10 feet above the water. Often 
nests are as high as 40 feet. It is bad for other birds to build 
in its vicinity. A single male whose nest was in an elm just 
west of the house and Shioc River, 32 feet from the ground, drove 
away from their nests in May, 1882, first a Merula migratoria 
and afterwards a Sicilia sialis and a Tyrannus tyrannies. The 
fight with the robin that built in a little poplar near the house 
was begun April 29. The robin had adorned its nest with a 
red silk ribbon. This caught the blackbird’s eye and he carried 
it off when the robin was absent. The latter, on his return, 
with angry cry pursued the robber, who dropped the ribbon in 
Shioc River. In 1882, flocks were seen March 29. Afterwards 
not many before April 2. In 1883, first male seen April 6. 
Several the day after. Afterwards daily. 
Coccothraustes vespertina (Coop.). Western bird. Occasionally 
appears in winter in Wisconsin. Seen in Jefferson county 
March 1, 1883 (Cooke). 
102. Pinicola enucleator (Linn.), xxx M. $ L. 239. W. 
119. T. 91. B. 11. $ (2) L. 217-226. W. 110-114. T. 88-93. 
