THE MEADOW-LARK 



Your Meadow-lark is the largest of all your paper birds. Look at 

 it carefully while you are making it. Notice its queer markings, and the 

 black crescent on i^s breast, and see what long pink legs it has; then 

 when you see a live one on the meadows you can say: "I see a Meadow- 

 lark!" 



This great bird is out very early in the spring searching for the 

 worms he loves, and he sings so blithely he makes every one glad who 

 hears him. 



The Meadow-lark uses dry grass for his nest and builds it on the 

 ground; but you may walk past, or even step over it, without knowing 

 it is near, for he usually hides it under a tuft of grass. 



The eggs in the nest are very white, covered with specks of brown 

 and purple. 



The Meadow-lark is a cousin to the Blackbird and the Oriole. 



