BLACKBIKDS. 359 



sails. Frequents open fields. Nests on 

 grounds; eggs white, brown spotted. 



398. FLORIDA MEADOW LARK. 

 Smaller than last, darker above and 

 more j^ellow below. Fla. and Gulf coast to 

 La. Call song, shorter and not as loud 

 as in last, see me here, rather plaintively 

 given. Occurs in open savannas and pine 

 woods. 



399. WESTERN MEADOW LARK. 

 Differs from Meadow Lark in being 



much paler. Western U. S. east to 111. Sings 

 true song while setting and when flying. 



400. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 

 Smaller, 9; black with red patch on 



wing, bordered below with buff. Female, 

 smaller, streaked with brown and buff. 

 Young male, like female, gradually assuming 

 male dress, fig. 288. N. A. from Great 

 Slave Lake to Fla.; winters from N. C. south- 

 ward; south in Oct., north in March. Fre- 

 quents open marshy sections; gregarious. 



