LARK BUNTING. 
605. Calamospiza melanocorys. 7 inches. 
Male, black and white; female, brown and gray. 
This species is often known as the White-winged 
Blackbird, not because it bears any resemblance to any 
of the Blackbirds, nor because any of the habits are the 
same, but simply because of its plumage. They are 
very gregarious and usually fly in flocks even in nesting 
time. 
They seem to be very methodical and well trained; 
if one of a flock takes wing, the entire flock rises 
simultaneously and in a very compact body they fly 
until some leader chooses the next stopping place, when 
they as suddenly alight. They have the habit of Sky- 
larks in mounting into the air while singing and then 
descending on set wings. 
Song.—A very lively, sweetly modulated warble. 
or small bush; four or five eggs of a bluish color (.85 
x .65), brighter than those of the Dickcissel. 
Range.—Western U. $., most abundant from Kansas 
to Colorado and north to Assiniboia. 
