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streaky sparrow, with huffy belly, but with pointed tips to its tail feathers- 
wings and tail blackish-brown, the back streaked black and buffy-olive; crown 
blackish, with a lighter central stripe, and all under parts buffy, slightly 
streaked on the sides. 
Breeds in northern portion of eastern United States and southern Canada. 
Winters in West Indies and South America. Regular migrant, occurring in 
large flocks. The bobolink is a regular breeder in the northern parts of New 
Jersey, but seems to be irregularly distributed. 
Cowbird; Com- Blackbird—( Molothrus ater). 
A common, small, brown-headed blackbird, with feathers having a metallic 
gloss. 
Breeds in United States and southern Canada. Winters in Southern States 
and Mexico. Common throughout, from April to October, in small flocks. 
At Cape May, N. .T., the cowbird has been found, in January, associating with 
the flocks of red-winged blackbirds, and it probably winters in other suitable 
localities in the southern part of the State. 
Yellow-headed Blackbird— ( Xanthoceplialus xanthocep- 
Tvalus). 
A western, ground-living, orange-yellow-headed blackbird, with a blotch of 
white near the bend of the wing. The breast and neck are also yellow, but the 
lores and chin are black. 
Breeds on marshes of western United States. An accidental straggler from 
the west. 
Red-m'jnold Blackbird ; Swamp Blackbird—( Agelaius pho> 
niceus ). 
A very common, middle-sized blackbird, with the bend of the wing bright 
red. The red of the wing shades off to a buff. 
Breeds nearly throughout temperate North America. Winters mostly south 
of the Middle States. Abundant summer resident. They collect in flocks on 
the litei marshes during the latter part of July and generally depart by 
Xovember 1st. though occasional flocks are seen on the Delaware marshes anil 
in southern New Jersey during the winter. 
Meadowlark ; Fieldlark—( Sturnella magna ). 
A somewhat large, common, ground-living, speckled-brown-backed, yellow- 
bellied bird, with a crescent-shaped black spot on the breast and white under 
tail feathers. This is an abundant bird of the fields, meadows and marshes. 
Its notes vary much for locality and season, as well as individually, and many 
attempts have been made to write out, in syllables and musical notes, its 
song. 
Breeds in eastern North America, northward to Canada. Winters in Middle 
States, mainly along the coast and large river valleys, southward. Common 
resident, in winter, mainly restricted to the marshes of the Delaware river 
and the New Jersey coast, where they collect in large flocks, spreading back 
into the uplands about the 1st of March. 
