36 



NAME- 



Eastern Meadowlark A.O.U.NO. - 501 

 (Sturnella magna) 



DATE- July 21, 1934 



NO.- 



INCUBATION- 



i 

 z 



SIZES- 



1.15 

 1 .14 



x 

 x 



0.83 

 0.83 



1.11 x 0 . 84 

 1 .20 x 0.83 



SITUATION - Having seen and heard many of 

 these "birds in the "rough" surrounding the 

 Lonesome Pine Country Club in Powell's 

 Valley, about midway between Big Stone Gap 

 and Norton, Va., I was surprised to find thi; 

 nest so late in the year. Had my golf ball 

 been hit better, I would haxK certainly never 

 have seen it! 



The nest was located about a 

 fourth of the way up a hill in fairly heavy 

 grass and weeds about 8-10" tall. It was well 

 built an skillfully concealed. For the most 

 part it was composed of grasses and weeds 

 woven into the surrounding grasses and arched 

 over similar to a Bobwhite's nest. The lining 

 was made up of softer and finer grasses and 

 contained four oval, moderately glossy, white 

 eggs, heavily spotted, blotched, and dotted 

 with shades of brown and lavender , more 

 heavily at the large end. Later, I found that 

 the eggs had been incubated about one-half. 



