Crow-Blackbird
the name of certain American birds of the genus Quiscălus, family Sturnidæ or starlings.
The great crow-blackbird, Q. major, found in the Southern States, Mexico, and the West Indies, is 16 inches long, and of a glossy black plumage. The female is of a light brown above and whitish beneath. The purple grackle, lesser or common crow-blackbird, Q. versicolor, is similar in color to the preceding, but smaller. They reach the Middle States of the United States from the S. in flocks in the latter part of March, and build in April in the tall pines or cedars. their first arrival they feed upon insects, but afterward commit great ravages upon the young corn. In November they fly S. again.
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