206 THE BIRDS 
[501-C]. Sturnella magna argutula (Bangs). 
Southern Meadowlark. 
Ranezr.—Austroriparian zone from southern Illinois, 
southwestern Indiana, and southeastern Virginia south to 
the coast of southeastern Texas, Louisiana and Florida. 
This is a subspecies of the former bird, the description 
of which, together with its local name, food, habits, etc., 
apply equally as well to this form. It is supposed to be 
a smaller and darker bird than the former species, their 
ranges overlapping in the lower counties of Princess Anne 
and Norfolk. 
GENUs ICTERUS. 
SUBGENUS PENDULINUS. 
[506]. Icterus spurius (Linneus). Orchard Oriole. 
Rance.—Eastern North America. Breeds from North 
Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, 
southern Ontario, central New York, and Massachusetts 
south to northern Florida and the Gulf Coast to southern 
Texas, and in Mexico to Oaxaca and Jalisco, and west to 
central Nebraska and western Kansas; winters from 
southern Mexico to northern Colombia; casual north to 
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and New Brunswick, 
and west to Colorado; occasional in southern Florida and 
Cuba in spring migration. 
This rather handsome bird and good songster does not 
winter with us, arriving about April 30th. A sociable 
bird when conditions are favorable; the trees around the 
