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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 42. MEADOW LARK. 



Genus: Sturnella. Species: S. magna. 



Distribution: 



Rare summer resident of northern but common resident of 

 southern New England near the coast. 



Date of Arrival: 15th of March. 



Date of Departure: November. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts brown and bulT and streaked with blackish; 

 under parts yellow or golden with black breast crescent] outer 

 tail feathers almost white; edge of wing yellow. Bill and 

 feet dark. Length about 10.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A plaintive whistle, a merr}- laugh and two single wliistles. 



Haunts: 



Fields, meadows and marshes. 



