. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XIV. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 143 Key to the Species * Culmen, 1 or more long; a black crescent-shaped spot on the breast; lower parts with much yellow; tail with acute feathers and over an inch shorter than the wings ; under tail feathers 5. Meadowlark. * Culmen less than f long; tail feathers acute at tip, and the under ones without white ; tail about an inch shorter than the wings. 1. Bobolink. * Tail feathers usually rounded at tip, neve
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XIV. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, ETC. 143 Key to the Species * Culmen, 1 or more long; a black crescent-shaped spot on the breast; lower parts with much yellow; tail with acute feathers and over an inch shorter than the wings ; under tail feathers 5. Meadowlark. * Culmen less than f long; tail feathers acute at tip, and the under ones without white ; tail about an inch shorter than the wings. 1. Bobolink. * Tail feathers usually rounded at tip, never very acute. (A.) A. Bill very stout, decidedly more than half as high at base as long ; head and neck seal-brown, rest of plumage black {male) or general plumage brownish {female) 2. Cowbird. A. Bill less stout, usually less than half as high at base as long; never much more than half. (B.) B. Culmen, 1 or more long; bill with its tip conspicuously decurved ;2 tail with its under feathers f-4 inches shorter than the middle ones ; no bright yellow or orange in the plum- age. (E.) B. Culmen, f-1 long ; tail with the under feathers not over f inch shorter than the middle ones. (C.) B. In the extreme south there may be found birds with culmen f- and with the under tail feathers over f shorter than the middle ones. These all have yellow or orange in their plumage and are described under Xo. 7 .7. Hooded Oriole and Audubon's Oriole. C. Black, with red or reddish shoulder patch {male), or rusty and black streaked, with the under parts conspicuously black and white streaked {female) 4. Red-winged Blackbird. C. Black, with yellow head and breast and large white wing patch {male), or brownish-black with yellowish head and breast and small white wing patch {female) 3. Yellow-headed Blackbird. C. Black throughout with more or less of rusty tips to the feathers {male), or slate-color with feathers sometimes rusty tipped {female). 8. Rusty Blackbird, or 9. Brewer's Blackbird. C. Not as abo
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