. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . th season, the obscuration of the groundcolor by rusty and buff is much less in these birds than in the Rusty Black- In Marsh and Swamp. o^/ bird. The breeding habits and eggs of these birds are similar to those ofthe Rusty Blackbird. The Red-winged Blackbird is one of the familiar birds seen in ourspringtime walks through low meadows or about marshy ground. The birdsRed-wineed Black- ^^^ about nine inches and a half long. The male whenbird. fully adult is clear black throughout, except on the Ageiaiusphceniceus (),
. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . th season, the obscuration of the groundcolor by rusty and buff is much less in these birds than in the Rusty Black- In Marsh and Swamp. o^/ bird. The breeding habits and eggs of these birds are similar to those ofthe Rusty Blackbird. The Red-winged Blackbird is one of the familiar birds seen in ourspringtime walks through low meadows or about marshy ground. The birdsRed-wineed Black- ^^^ about nine inches and a half long. The male whenbird. fully adult is clear black throughout, except on the Ageiaiusphceniceus (), shoulders, wliicli are the brightest scarlet, divided fromthe black parts of the wing by a band, varying from deep buff to almostwhite in color. Many individuals, presumably younger birds, during thebreeding season have the black feathers edged or tipped to a greater or lessextent by rusty, buff, or gray. All the males in the fall have the blackfeathers edged or tipped in a like manner, and in young birds of the year theblack is often much obscured bv rustv and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. ADULT MALE. o 08 Bird Studies. The female averages a little smaller than the male in size, and in sum-mer is streaked above with dusky brown and black, rusty and buff. Below,this streaking is much more definitely black and gray, or black and shoulders are generally obscurely tinged with deep crimson and thethroat with deep orange or warm bufif. In the winter all of this coloring ismuch suffused by rusty and buffy. The nests are placed in low bushes or reeds, and are built of coarsegrasses, weeds, and plant fibres, lined with a layer of fine soft grasses. Theeggs vary from three to five in number. They are pale bluish, streakedand spotted and marked in zigzag lines with deep shades of brown. Theyare nearly an inch long and almost seven tenths of an inch broad. These birds are distributed throughout Eastern North America to NewBrunswick and Manitoba. They breed, except in South Florid
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