AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 6g 
101 YELLOW HEADED BLACKBIRD. 
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonap.). 
Accidental visitant; rare. Not observed by me. Dr. Mathers 
took one in the spring of 1886 near Buckhannon, Upshur Co. 
LO2: RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 
Agelaius phceniceus (Linn.). 
Summer resident; abundant in wet meadows and low lands, 
and always gregarious, breeding in colonies. Most of them go 
‘south by the last of August. They are generally known by 
the name of Swamp Blackbird. Stomachs of specimens se- 
cured contained grasshoppers, katy-dids, seeds of ragweed, 
smartweed, and blackberries, oats, wheat, and timothy. 
1038. MEADOW LARK. 
Sturnella magna (Linn.) 
Resident; abundant. It is very fond of low meadow lands, 
but sometimes frequents higher elevated fields. Stomachs of 
specimen secured contained grasshoppers. 
104. ORCHARD ORIOLE. 
Ieterus spurius (Linn.). 
Summer resident; tolerably common, Found mostly among 
small groves along the valleys and in orchards bordering such 
places. Its food consists mainly of insects. 
105. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 
Ieterus galbula (J.inn.). 
Summer resident; common, This brilliant-plumaged bird 
is known throughout the State as Hanging-bird.” It is more 
familiar than its near relative the Orchard Oriole, and often 
makes its home in or near the towns. It is insectivorous, and 
feeds largely upon coleopterous and hymenopterous insects, 
together with the leaves of the various Lepidoptera. 
