SPAKROWS AND FINCHES. 403 



lowed by a pleasing warble, ending with 

 three detached notes. 



457. LARK SPARROW. 



Medium, 6.50; tail, rounded and white 

 tipped, brown above, heavily streaked with 

 black; white beneath, with a black spot on 

 breast; crown, chestnut, central line of 



Fig. 320 



Lark Bunting. 1-3. 



white; checks, chestnut, black markings as 

 in fig. 319. Breeds in northern Mississippi 

 Valley!, south in winter to Gulf coast, east- 

 ward rarely to Atlantic States north to 

 Mass. Frequents open fields and cultivated 

 lands, often in vicinity of houses. Song, 

 rich and clear, consisting of a series of liquid 

 notes freely intersperced with trills. 



