Synonymes . 
Icterus agripennis , Emberiza oryzivora, 
Ortolan agripenne, Ortolan de riz, 
Reiss Ortolan, Fettammer von Carolina, 
Hortelano de arroz, Hortelano con 
plumas agrias, 
Cenchramo d’arroz, Cenchramo com 
pennas agudas, 
Ortolano di riso, 
Rice Bunting, Rice Troopial, Rice Bird, 
Reed Bird, Boblink, Bob-o-link, Bob 
Lincoln, Bob Linkling, Skunk Black¬ 
bird, Meadow Bird, Butter Bird, 
Of Ornithologists. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Of the Spaniards. 
Of the Portuguese. 
Of the Italians. 
( Of the British and 
f Anglo-Americans. 
,HIS well-known and truly migratory bird, familiarly 
known to everybody by the name of “Bob Lincoln,’’ 
who, as a stranger, perhaps, thinks it a point of polite¬ 
ness thus to announce himself, as he sits on a rail of the fence? 
or the branch of a tree, on his annual return in the spring from 
the south, inhabits the whole continent of America, from 
Labrador to Mexico; although his winter residence appears to 
be more confined to Cuba, Jamaica, and other West-India 
Islands than to the main. 
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