Bulletin - United States National Museum . eason the tawny females are inconspicuous, butthe black-and-buff males have for the most part nearly finished theirvernal tailoring, which they accomplish by dyeing their old suits with-out losing a feather. The familiar clink of the Reed-bird begins tobe heard over the tracts of wild oats along the river banks about the20th of August, and from that time until October the restaurants are allsupplied with Reed-birds—luscious morsels when genuine; but a greatmany Blackbirds and English Sparrows are devoured by accomplishedgourmands, who nevertheless do
Bulletin - United States National Museum . eason the tawny females are inconspicuous, butthe black-and-buff males have for the most part nearly finished theirvernal tailoring, which they accomplish by dyeing their old suits with-out losing a feather. The familiar clink of the Reed-bird begins tobe heard over the tracts of wild oats along the river banks about the20th of August, and from that time until October the restaurants are allsupplied with Reed-birds—luscious morsels when genuine; but a greatmany Blackbirds and English Sparrows are devoured by accomplishedgourmands, who nevertheless do not know the difference when the billof fare is printed correctly and the charges are sufficiently exorbitant. [3121 PASSERES—OSCINES—ICTERIU^. 71 108. (141.) Molothrus ater (Bodd.) Gray. (M. pccoris of the original edition.)Cow-bird. A summer resident; not very common. Arrives the second week inMarch; remains until October. It is probably less numerous, if not lessgenerally distributed now than formerly, there being fewer cattle at. P^*3** Fig. 49.—Cow-bird. large in the immediate vicinity of the city than there used to betwenty-five years ago in the streets and open lots—when FranklinSquare, for instance, now an elegant little park, was a good cattle past-ure, before it was turned into a military camp. [313] 109. (142.) Agelaeus phceniceus (Linn.) Vieill. Red-winged Blackbird. Resident nearly all the year, but more abundant during the migrationsthan at other seasons, and especially in the fall. Numbers breed in themarshes adjoining the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. The Blackbirds
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