. Birds of North Carolina . e plumage in both sexes has a more orless metaUie luster. Descriptive List 225 KEY TO SPECIES 1. Color of head and neck not sharply defined against color of body, which has always more orless mixed metallic tints. Purple Grackle. 1. Color of head and neck uniform, sharply defined against color of body, which is always per-fectly uniform bronze without mixed metallic tints. Bronzed Grackle. 210. Quiscalus quiscula quiscula (Linn.). Purple Grackle. Description,—Iritlcscent black. Body alwajs with mixed metallic tints; color of head andneck very variable, uidescent bar
. Birds of North Carolina . e plumage in both sexes has a more orless metaUie luster. Descriptive List 225 KEY TO SPECIES 1. Color of head and neck not sharply defined against color of body, which has always more orless mixed metallic tints. Purple Grackle. 1. Color of head and neck uniform, sharply defined against color of body, which is always per-fectly uniform bronze without mixed metallic tints. Bronzed Grackle. 210. Quiscalus quiscula quiscula (Linn.). Purple Grackle. Description,—Iritlcscent black. Body alwajs with mixed metallic tints; color of head andneck very variable, uidescent bars along back. Female somewhat duller. Extreme measure-ments of 31 specimens from Raleigh: L., ,75; W., ; T., Range.—Atlantic coast of United States, south of Connecticut, and east of the AlleghanyMountains; breeding in greater or less numbers throughout its range. Range in North Carolina.—Whole State, common during tlie migrations, less common in winter,and breeding locally in all Fig. 177. PuriLE Gr.\cklk. The Purple Grackle or Crow Blackbird, easily distinguished from our otherinland blackbirds by its larger size, longer tail, and hoarse notes, is not an uncom-mon bird in most parts of the State during portions of February, March, October,and November, when it is migrating. As a breeding bird it is quite local, thoughknown to breed at Greensboro, in the grounds of the Greensboro Female College; inCraven County below New Bern; on Orton Pond, in Brunswick County, and withinthe city limits of Ashcville. It has also been twice observed near Raleigh in June. The nest is usually placed in a pine or other coniferous tree, and is often a verybulky structure. Tv\igs and grass are the materials most commonly used in its con-struction. Freciucntly it is situated at a considerable height from the ground, butwhere suitable trees are not accessible it \vill be placed in bushes or even in crevicesin the sides of the nest of the Osprey. The eggs a
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