PLATE XXII. MEADOWLARK. 



Sturnella magna. 



Back brown spotted with black ; breast bright yellow, with a large 

 black crescent ; a yellow stripe over the eye and one on the crown ; tail 

 feathers pointed, the outer ones white ; legs and feet flesh-color. Length, 

 10.75 inches. 



Resident ; though not numerous in Winter. Most of these birds come late in March 

 and leave late in the Fall. 



The Meadowlark nests on the ground in open fields, sometimes in marshes. It is a 

 walker and flies clumsily and with manifest labor. Its note is a plaintive whistle. 



