. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 150 KEY AND DESCRIPTION Length, 8|-10.'f; wing, ^-^ ; tail, ; tarsus, IJ ; culmen, f. West- ern Nortli America from tlie Plains to the Pacific. Accidental in Illinois. 10. Purple Grackle (511. Quiscalus qu'iscula).—A common, large, iridescent blackbird, with brilliant metallic rejdections of greens and blues, arranged in bars on the back, rump, and belly. The female is much duller, but still a blackbird and somewhat iridescent. This is a gloomy bird with crackling
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 150 KEY AND DESCRIPTION Length, 8|-10.'f; wing, ^-^ ; tail, ; tarsus, IJ ; culmen, f. West- ern Nortli America from tlie Plains to the Pacific. Accidental in Illinois. 10. Purple Grackle (511. Quiscalus qu'iscula).—A common, large, iridescent blackbird, with brilliant metallic rejdections of greens and blues, arranged in bars on the back, rump, and belly. The female is much duller, but still a blackbird and somewhat iridescent. This is a gloomy bird with crackling notes which can hardly be called a song. (Crow Black- bird.) Length, 11-13J-; wing, 4|-6 ; tail, 4}-6, gradu- ated, \\ ; tarsus, 1|; cul- men, 1^. Mainly east of the Alleghanies; breeding north to Massachusetts, and wintering from New Jersey south. The Flor- ida Grackle (511". Q. q. aglMis) of the southern portion of Gulf States, from Plorida to Texas, is smaller and the head is decidedly violet-purple by reflections, and the back a rich green. The iridescent bars are not so distinct, though readily recognized. The female differs from the last only in being smaller. Length, 10-12; wing, 5-5|; tail, i\-b\; culmen, \\. The Bronzed Grackle (h\\^. Q. q. ceneus') of the region east of the Rocky Mountains to the Alleghanies, north to Newfoundland and Great Slave Lake, and south to Texas, differs from the purple grackle more in the lack of irides- cent bars on the bronze-colored back than in any other feature. The female is almost without metallic reflections and never has the iridescent bars. 11. Great-tailed Grackle (612. Quiscalus macrourus). — A very large, long-tailed, glossy-black bird with metallic-violet tints over the head, breast, back, and wing coverts, but without iridescent bars. Female a dark brown with metallic-greenish gloss on the back ; the head almost without Pniple Grackle Length, llJ-18.} ; wing, 6|-8 ; tail, 5| Texas to Central America. culmen,
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