Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorous) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

“Topography of a Bird,” from Elliot Coues, Key to North American Birds (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

H. L. Clark, Birds of Amherst and Vicinity (1887; 1906)
- Common name Bobolink
- Scientific name (Clark) Dolichonyx oryzivorous (Linn . ) .
- Occurrence Common summer resident
- Arrival April 27
- Departure September
- Presence 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Clark's fieldnotes, first and second editions (synthesized) BOBOLINK . Male , in breeding plumage , black ; back of head , buff ; back , ashy - white . Male in fall , female , and young , yellowish - brown above ; brownish - yellow beneath ; everywhere above streaked with black . Length , 6 1 - 2 — 7 1 - 2 inches . Common summer resident . Earliest arrival , April 27th ; departs in September . Raises 2 broods . Eggs 4 - 6 , stone - gray , mottled and spotted with various shades of brown . Nest of grass on the ground in open fields . Eggs laid early in June and middle of July . Feeds on insects , seeds , etc . Beneficial in the North . The male is a very fine singer in May and early June .
J. A. Allen, Birds of Springfield, Massachusetts (1864)
- Common name Bobolink or "Skunk Blackbird"
- Scientific name Dolichonyx oryzivorous
- Occurrence Summer visitant
- Arrival About May 10
Ebenezer Emmons, Birds of Massachusetts (1833)
- Common name Rice Banting
- Scientific name Icterus agripennis, Bon.
- Occurrence Regular visitant; breeds in this climate
A. C. Bagg & S. A. Eliot, Jr., Birds of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts (1937)
- Common name Bobolink
- Scientific name Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Occurrence In the hill-country a locally common summer resident of grasslands, either wet levels or hill-top hayfields; in the valley a common summer resident and more common transient in May, August, and early September. Departs in Ocrober. —Bagg & Eliot
- Arrival (March 31, April 4, 19, 22, 27) May 1
- Departure October 5 (10, 18)
Complete Annotated List Amherst Birds 1977/2008 (Fischer & Westover) [formerly Mass Audubon, Birds of Massachusetts (2020)]
- Common name Bobolink
- Scientific name Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Occurrence Uncommon summer resident; arrives May, departs July–late September. —Mass Audubon
- Arrival May
- Departure July to late September
Poem Archive
- Year ca. 1859
- Season winter
- Archive Setting fascicle 2
- State Fair copy
- Medium Ink
- Circulation Retained
- Environmental Phenomena (Specific) flower