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57* Sturnella ludoviciana Svoainson. Meadow Lark. 



Alauda magna Linne, Syst. Nat., I, 167, 1758. — Wilson, Am. Orn., Ill, 20, 



p!. xix, 1811. 

 Slurnus ludovicianus Linne, Syst. Nat., I, 290, 1766. — Bonap., Joum. Phil. 



Acad. Nat. Sri., IV, 180, 1824. — Nuttall, Man. Orn., I, 147, 1832. 



— Audcison, Orn. Biog., II, 216, 1834. 

 Sturnus collaris Wagleh, Syst. Avium, I, 1827. 

 Sturnella ludoviciana Swainson, Faun. Bor. Am., II, 282, 1831. — Bonap., 



Geog. and Comp. List, 1838. — Audubon, Synop. Am. Birds, 148, 1839. — 



Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 192, 1851. — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 139, 1862.— 



Cassin, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1866, 23. 

 Sturnella magna Swainson, Phil. Mag., I, 436, 1827. — Baird, Birds N. Am., 



535, 1858. —Allen, Mem. JBost. Soc. Nat. Hist., I, 496, 1868. 

 Sturnella collaris Vieillot, Analyse, 1816. 

 Sturnd/a hippocrcpis Wagler, Isis, 1832, 281. — Lawrence, Ann. N. York 



Lyceum N. Hist., VII, 266, 1860. — Sclater, Ibis, 1861, 79. — Cassin, 



Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1866, 24. 

 Sturnella neglecta Audubon, Birds of Am., VII, 339, pi. cccclxxxvii, 1843. — 



Baird, Birds of N. Am., 537, 1858. — Cassin, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



1866, 23. 

 Sturnella mexicana Sclater, Ibis, 1861, 79. — Cassin, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., 1866, 24. 

 Sturnella meridionalis Sclater, Ibis, 1861, 79. — Cassin, Proc. Phil. Acad. 



Nat. Sci., 1866, 24. 



Abundant. Found chiefly in the moister parts of the pineries. 



Somewhat smaller than in the Northern States, but in most eases with 

 longer and larger bills, brighter colors, and a quite different song. The 

 latter somewhat resembles that of the western meadow lark, but is still as 

 distinct from it in its general character as it is from that of the New Eng- 

 land bird. The present species has a wide geographical range, throughout 

 the greater part of which it is resident. The Alleghanian fauna forms its 

 northern limit, from which it mostly retires during winter. To the south- 

 ward it extends to Cuba and the other larger West India Islands, through- 

 out most of Central America, and to the elevated parts of Northern South 

 America. It ranges westward over the elevated arid plains of the middle 

 of the continent to the Pacific As might be expected, it is not quite uni- 

 form in its characters at all points. The main differences, however, 

 consist merely in the lighter color of those from the plains, and the 

 smaller size of those from the south. The former constitute the S!itni</!a 

 neglecta of Audubon and most other writers since his time. In Cuba it is 

 the S. hippocrepis of Wagler and others, and tin? Mexican and (iuatemalan 

 tlji'in i- the S. mexicana of Sclater, and the South American form the S 



