MEADOWLARK. 



501. Sturnella magna. 10% inches. 



Meadowlarks are familiar friends of the hillside and 

 meadow; their clear fife-like whistle is often heard, 

 while they are perched on a fence-post or tree-top, as 

 well as their sputtering alarm note when they fly up 

 before us as we cross the field. 



Song 1 . A clear, flute-like "tseeu-tseeer," and a rapid 

 sputtering alarm note. 



Nest. Of grasses, on the ground in fields, usually 

 partially arched over. Three to five white eggs specked 

 with brown (1.1 Ox. 80). 



Range. N. A. east of the Plains and north to south- 

 ern Canada; winters from Massachusetts and Illinois 

 southward. 



Sub-species. 501.1. Western Meadowlark ( neglecta ) . 

 This race has the yellow on the throat extended on the 

 sides; its song is much more brilliant and varied than 

 the eastern bird. It is found from the Plains to the 

 Pacific. 501c. Florida Meadowlark (argutula) is smaller 

 and darker than the common. 



