MEADOW LARK. 
FIELD LARK. 
StURNELLA MAGNA. 
CHAR. Above, grayish brown barred with black ; crown with medial 
stripe of buff; laleral tail-feathers white; below yellow, sides dar'ker 
and spotted with brown; black crescent on the breast. Length about 
^w'r^^ Made of dry grass and placed amid a tuft of long grass in 
a meadow ; often covered, and the opening placed at the side. 
E^s. 4-6 ; white, thickly spotted with reddish brown and lilac ; 
I. IS X .80. 
This well-known harmless inhabitant of meadows and old 
fields is not only found in every part of the United States, but 
appears to be a resident in all the intermediate region, from 
the frigid latitude of 53° and the territory of Oregon, to 
the mild table-land of Mexico and the savannahs of Guiana. 
In the winter these birds abound in Alabama and Western 
