174 NORTH AMERICAN RTRDS.. 



most widely diflerei)t in the wliole series ; h ippurrcpis and nctjlida the 

 most siniihir. The relation of tlie several races to each other is al.'out as 

 ibllows : — 



A> Yellow of throat conlini.'il within niaxiliae. 

 (^mwn with black streaks predomiiiatiii};;. 



Siiiallest species, with reildish tints, and niaxhnum amount of black. 



Largest hill meridionahn. 



Smallest bill ; largest feet ..... ine.vira>ia. 



Ne.xt largest species, with less reddish tints, and smaller amount of 

 black. Bill and feet the standard of eoniiiarison . . . magna. 

 Ciiiwn with the light streaks predominating. 



Narrow(.'st pectorid crescent hippocrejiin. 



B. Yellow of throat covering nia.\illie. 



Crown with black and light streaks about equal. 



Largest species, with grayish tints, and mininmm amount of black. 



Smallest feot ueyteda. 



Stumella magna, sw.unson. 



MEADOW LABK ; OLD FIELD LABK. 



A/audn maijna, I,inx. Syst. Xat. I, 175«, ICT, .m1. 10 (based on Ahtmhi mmpia, Oatkshy, 

 tab. 33). — li!., (12th ud.,) ]-«(!, 28S). - G.\i. I, 1788, 801. - WiL.sos, Am. Orn. Ill, 

 1811, 20, pi. .\i.x. - Doi'oiiTY, Cab. I, lS;jO, 85, pi. v. SHirndla mama, .Swainson, 

 Phil. Mag. I, 1827, 436. - Haiiu., Birds N. \m. 18,58, 53.5. -Sami-ki-.s, ;U3. Stiir- 

 mis hidoviciantis, Linnah'.s, Syst. Nat. I, 17tiil, 290. — 0.\i. I, 802. — Lath. !nd. I, 

 1790, 3:^3. -IJo.N. Obs. Wils. 182.5, 130. - Mrnr. Vcr/. 1823, Xo Kio.-Aiu. Oni! 

 Hiog. II, 1834, 21(3; V, 1839, 492, pi. cxxxvi. Slwnielh: liniovkiaiw, .Smaixso.v, 

 K. Hor.-Am. II, 1831, 282. ^ NrriAix, Man. I, 1832, 147. - Hon. List, 1838.-- 

 Iii. Coii.siuictus, 1850, 429. -Aun. .Syn 1839, 148. —In. Birds Am. IV, 1842, 70, 

 pi. ccxxiii. -('AiiA.sis, Mu&. Hein. 1851, 192 — Ai.i.k.n, B. K. fV.i. 288. Shirnclla 

 collar,\ ViKii.i,. Analyse, 1816. — In. Galcrie des Ois. I, 1824, 134, pi. xc. .Sfiinius 

 coUaris, Wagi.uk, Syst. Av. 1827, 1. -In. Isis, 1331, 527. "CWinr, „hu,lam,s, 

 DAuniN," Caijanis. 



Sr. CiiAK. The f.'athors aliove .lark brown, margined with brownish-wliite, and with 

 a terminal blotch of pale reddish-lirown. Exposed portions of wings and tail with dark 

 brown bars, wliich on tlie middle tail-feathers are eonn'ient .ilong the shaft. Beneath 

 yellow, with a black pectoral crescent, the yellow not extending on the sid(^ of the 

 maxilla; sides, crissntn, and tibias pale reddisli-brown, streaked with blackish. A light 

 median and superciliary stripe, the latter yellow anterior to the eye ; a black line behin.l. 

 Fanale smaller and duller. VoKm/ with pectoral orescent replaced' by streaks ; the yellow 

 of under surface replaced more or less by ochraceous or pale fulvous. Length, 10.00; 

 wing, .").00 ; tail, .'^.TO ; bill above, LSo. 



IlAn. Eastern United States to the high Central Plains, north to Southern British 

 Provinces. England (Sclatkr, Ibis, III, 176). 



Ha HITS. The ea.stern form of the :\rea.lo\v Lark is foimd in all the eastern 

 portions of the United States, from Flori<la to Texas at the soutii, and from 

 Nova Scotia to tlie :\rissoiiri at the north, liichardson met vith it on the 



