Rice-Bunting, Emberiza oryzivora, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 48.
Icterus agripennis, Bonap. Syn. p. 53.
Dolichonyx oryzivorus, Sharp-Tailed Rice-Bird, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 278.
Rice-Bird, or Bob-o-link, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 185.
Rice-Bird, Icterus agripennis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 283; v. v. p. 486.
GENUS II. MOLOTHRUS, Swains. COW-BIRD.
Bill rather short, very stout, moderately compressed, conical; upper mandible with the dorsal line slightly convex, its ridge flattened for half its length, afterwards narrow, sides convex, edges direct, tip rather acute; lower mandible with the angle short and wide, the dorsal outline ascending, straight, sides erect and convex, edges involute, tip acute; gape-line gently ascending for a third of its length, afterwards direct. Nostrils small, elliptical. Plumage blended, glossy. Wings rather long, pointed, the second quill longest, the first almost equal. Tail of moderate length, the feathers broad and rounded.
212. 1. Molothrus pecoris, Gmel. Common Cow-bird.
Plate XCIX. Male and Female. Plate CCCCXXIV. Fig. 4. Young.
Male with the head and neck sooty-brown, the body black, glossed with green, the fore part of the back with blue. Female considerably smaller, greyish-brown, the lower parts lighter. Young with the upper parts greyish-brown, the quills and tail darker; wing-coverts and secondary quills narrowly edged with light brown, primaries with whitish; lower parts dull yellowish-white, the sides marked with a series of dark brown pointed spots.
Male, 7, 111/2.
Dispersed from Texas northward to Lat. 68°, and throughout the United States. Great numbers winter in the Southern States.
Cow Bunting, Emberiza pecoris, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 145.
Icterus pecoris, Bonap. Syn. p. 53.
Molothrus pecoris, Cow-pen or Cuckoo Bunt, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 277.
Cow Troopial, or Cow Blackbird, Icterus pecoris, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 178.
Cow-pen Bird, Icterus pecoris, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 493; v. v. p. 233, 490.