. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . umage black, showing in flight a brightscarlet patch edged with buff and white, at the bend of the wing •often only the white edging shows when the wing is closed. and Im. — Brown, everywhere streaked; throat often buffy. Nest, of grasses and weed-stalks, in a low bush or on a tussockof sedge. Eggs, pale blue, scrawled and spotted with dark purpleor black. The Bed-winged Blackbird is a common s
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . umage black, showing in flight a brightscarlet patch edged with buff and white, at the bend of the wing •often only the white edging shows when the wing is closed. and Im. — Brown, everywhere streaked; throat often buffy. Nest, of grasses and weed-stalks, in a low bush or on a tussockof sedge. Eggs, pale blue, scrawled and spotted with dark purpleor black. The Bed-winged Blackbird is a common summer residentof the Hudson Valley and of southern and central NewYork ; in northern NewEngland, especially onthe upland, it is muchless common. Occasion-ally a few Bed-wingswinter in the marshesnear Boston, and maydo so in favorable local-ities in southern NewEngland. The male ar-rives early in March,but it is often threeweeks before the female joins him. When the young arefull grown, the breeding birds depart and are rarely seenafter August. Flocks of northern migrants often arrive inSeptember and linger till October, and on mild days singin chorus, though without the vigor of Fig. 58. Red-winged Blackbird, Female 192 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK At first, while the marshes are still cold, the hillsides arevisited by flocks of males, and here they may often be seenfeeding on the ground with Robins, or in a noisy chorus onsome tree near by. The song has a liquid opening-note,and ends in a ree or ray, long prolonged; when uttering it,the male spreads his wings and shows his blazing scarletepaulets. When a flock are singing, the liquid notes form amusical undertone to the shriller ree, the whole suggestingthe music of waters. Besides the song, the species has arather heavy chuck, used as a call-note, and a long, ratherpure whistle, constantly heard in the marshes in early sum-mer, and often followed by a series of staccato scolding-notes,and in midsumme
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