358 MEADOW LARKS. 



397. MEADOW LARK. 

 Medium, 10.50; wings, long; tail, short, 

 brown above, streaked with black; yellow 

 beneath, black crescent on breast; outer tail 

 feathers; white, fig. 287. Eastern U. S. from 

 Canada to Fla. ; winters, from Mass. south- 

 Fig. 287 



Meadow Lark. 1-5. 



ward; south in Oct.. north in March. Call 

 song, you can't see me\ rather high and pro- 

 longed; a sharp chatter when alarmed; a 

 song, clearely heard, often, possibly always, 

 given on the wing, consisting of a sweet, 

 continuous warble. Flight direct, wing- 

 beats rapid with wings held low, sometimes 



