PERCHING BIRDS 
4 99- Bicolored Red-wing. Agelaius 
gubernator calif ornicus. 
Range. — Pacific coast, west of the Sierra 
Nevadas, from Washington south to Lower 
California. 
The males of this spe- 
cies are distinguished from 
those of the Red-wings by 
the absence of light mar- 
gins to the orange red 
shoulders. They are fairly 
abundant in their restrict- 
ed localities, building their 
nests in swamps about 
ponds and streams. The 
nests are like those of the Red-wings, and the 
eggs are similar and with the same great varia- 
tions in markings, but average a trifle smaller; 
size .05 x .67. 
Dull bluish white 
Meadowlark 
500. Tricolored Red-wing. Agelaius tricolor. 
Range. — Pacific coast of California and Oregon; rare east 
of the Sierra Nevadas. 
This species differs from the Red-wing in having the 
shoulders a much darker red and the median coverts white 
instead of huffy. Like the last species they have a limited 
range and are nowhere as common as are the Red-wings in 
the east. Their nests are like those of the Red-wings and 
the eggs are not distinguishable in their many variations, 
but they appear to be more often lined than those of the Dull bluish white 
former. 
501. Meadowlark. Sturnella magna magna. 
Range. — North America east of the Plains and north to 
Nova Scotia and Manitoba; winters from New England 
southward. 
This handsome dweller among our fields and meadows is 
frequently heard giving his high, pleasing, fiute-like whistle 
with its variations; his beautiful 
yellow breast with its black 
crescent is not so frequently 
seen in life, for they are usually 
quite shy birds. They artfully 
conceal their nests on the ground 
among the tall grass of meadows, 
arching them over with dead 
grass. During May or June they 
lay from four to six white eggs, 
speckled over the whole surface with reddish brown and 
purplish; size 1.10 x .80. 
501a. Rio Grande Meadowlark. Sturnella magna 
hoopesi. 
Range. — A brighter and slightly smaller variety found 
along the Mexican border. 
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