THE MEADOW LARK 233 



This may sound ever so well to those who are used to it, 

 hut when as a boy I read about the American orioles I 

 had not the least idea that they were my everyday friends, 

 the larks. Call them larks if you choose, but you should 

 know that they are really American orioles just the same — 

 not a relative of the black, pilfering starling of Europe. 

 Our meadow lark feeds entirely in the meadows, and eats 

 mostly insects, seeds, and a little grass. 



