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With Black in Plumage. 
Brewer Blackbird, 10 
All glossy black; M. with whitish eyes duller than M. 
Notice—Flocking habits. 
Found—Western N. A. 
Nest—Trees, shrubs; ook of grasses and padded with 
mud or dung. 
Eggs—4-7 grayish or brownish, spotted. 
“Chack, chack, chack.” — 
Northwestern Red-wing Blackbird, 8%. 
M. in S. glossy black; winter many feathers rusty nit 
F. brownish with rusty. 
Notice—Epaulet of scarlet and buff. 
Nest—In swamps, of grass and cattails. 
Eggs—4-7, light blue. 
“Quonk-er-ee.” 
Northwest Crow, 16-17. 
Entirely black. 
Notice—Upper parts glossed with dull violet. 
Found—Pacifiec and estuaries from Columbia River 
north. 
Nest—-Large, compact; twigs and bark; sometimes mud; 
lined softer. | 
Eggs—4-5 greenish, spotted. 
Hoarse flat “caw.” 
Western Crow, 1814-19 Ve 
Entirely black. 
Notice—Larger than Northwest Crow. 
Found—Rocky Mts. to Pacific, except in Northwest 
~ Crow territory. 
Nest—Some as preceding. 
Eggs—Same. | 
Clear “Caw.” 
American Magpie, 17-21%. 
Black head, back, and breast; shoulders, rump, flanks, 
and abdomen white. 
Notice—Metallic sheen and long tail. 
~ Found—Western N. A. except central Cal. 
Nest—Mud cup; sticks, lined softer. _ 
Eggs—7-10. 
“Mag,” almost human tone, has been iacehe to talk. . 
Clarke Nutcracker, 11-13. 
Smoky gray in general; lighter on head; wings black 
with white patch. 
Notice—Four outer pairs of. feathers of black tail are 
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