64 Birds of Canada. 
MEADOW LARK. 
Sturnella magna.—The Meadow Lark. 
The Meadow Lark is one of our most common 
and beautiful summer visitors. It arrives here 
about the fifteenth of March. General color, 
above, dark-brown, with streaks of brownish- 
white; beneath, yellow, with a black pectoral 
crescent. Nests, on the ground; eggs, four or 
five, pure white, slightly sprinkled with reddish- 
brown blotches. Its food consists principally of 
insects, worms, beetles, and grass seeds. Leaves 
for the south about the first of November. 
Sub-Family ICTERIN&.—The Orioles. 
Icterus spurius—TVhe Orchard Oriole. 
The Orchard Oriole is seven and a-quarter 
inches long; the head, neck, and tail, black ; 
under parts, brownish-chestnut ; a narrow white 
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