. Bulletin - Biological Survey. Zoology, Economic. THE CROW BLACKBIRD. 53 THE CROW BLACKBIRD. 1 (Quiscalus quiscula.) Throughout the Eastern States and Mississippi Valley the grackle, or crow blackbird, is one of the most familiar and conspicuous birds. It appears in spring and early summer about farmhouses and villages, where it finds its favorite nesting places. Five different kinds occur within our borders, but the present paper is concerned only with the common purple grackle {Quiscahis quiscula) and its two subspecies, the bronzed grackle {Qtoiscalu^'i q. mneus) and the Florida grackle {Q
. Bulletin - Biological Survey. Zoology, Economic. THE CROW BLACKBIRD. 53 THE CROW BLACKBIRD. 1 (Quiscalus quiscula.) Throughout the Eastern States and Mississippi Valley the grackle, or crow blackbird, is one of the most familiar and conspicuous birds. It appears in spring and early summer about farmhouses and villages, where it finds its favorite nesting places. Five different kinds occur within our borders, but the present paper is concerned only with the common purple grackle {Quiscahis quiscula) and its two subspecies, the bronzed grackle {Qtoiscalu^'i q. mneus) and the Florida grackle {Quiscalus q. aglmus). The purple grackle is abundant in the region east of the Alleghenies as far north as New York, and is found sparingl}^ in New. Fig. C—Crow Blackbird. England. The Florida grackle is distributed over the region extend- ing from the coast of South Carolina southward into the peninsula of Florida and Avestward to Louisiana. The bronzed grackle occupies the Mississippi Valley and Great Plains as far west as the Rocky Moun- tains, ranges northward to Great Slave Lake and southern Newfound- land, and east to the coast of southern New England. In Canada and the Northern United States the crow blackbird is only a summer resident, but in the Southern States it is present throughout the year, and in winter its numbers are increased by mil- lions of migrants from the North, which find here a congenial winter ^Revised and republished from the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1894, pp. 233-248, with the addition of new 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 United States. Bureau of Biological Survey. Washington : Govt. print. off.
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