. Birds of Michigan. Birds. r '-X Bobolink, male, reduced. 205-404(312). Doliclioiiyx orjzivorns {Linn.). * Bobolink; Skunk Black- bird; Reed Bird; Rice Bird; Bob Lincoln; Ortolan; Butter Bird. Very common; Southern Michigan; summer; May (one of the latest birds to arrive) to September; male takes the plumage of the female in the fall; beautiful singer at nesting season; not shy; breeds; nests in June, usually in meadows, on the ground; eggs five, occasionally six to seven, bluish white, marked with dark brown specks; not in Central Michigan until within a few years; I first noticed it al)outt
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. r '-X Bobolink, male, reduced. 205-404(312). Doliclioiiyx orjzivorns {Linn.). * Bobolink; Skunk Black- bird; Reed Bird; Rice Bird; Bob Lincoln; Ortolan; Butter Bird. Very common; Southern Michigan; summer; May (one of the latest birds to arrive) to September; male takes the plumage of the female in the fall; beautiful singer at nesting season; not shy; breeds; nests in June, usually in meadows, on the ground; eggs five, occasionally six to seven, bluish white, marked with dark brown specks; not in Central Michigan until within a few years; I first noticed it al)outthe college in 1874; "first in Monroe County in 1872" (Jerome Trombley); Dr. Atkins reports it very common in 1875 but very rare until 1871: at Locke; " first seen at Plymouth forty years ago" (J. B. Purdy); Dr. G. W. Topping says that it first appeared at DeWitt in 1881, and was numerous from the first; I have reports of this bird as far north as Benzie County, in the Southern Peninsula, and Mr. E. E. Brewster, of Iron Mountain writes me that it occurs rarely at that place. Genus MOLOTHRUS Cowbird, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916; Michigan. State college of agriculture and applied science, Lansing. Dept. of zoology and physiology. [Lansing, Mich. , R. Smith & co. , state printers and binders
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