MEADOWLARK. 



501. Sturnella magna. 10^4 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. 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 (l.lOx.80). 



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

 ern Canada; winters from Mass, and Illinois south- 

 ward. 



Sub-species. 501b. 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. 



