Birda of the Adirondack Region. 
C. H , Marxian!. 
81. Sturnella magna {Linn.) Sivainson. Meadow Lark. — Owing 
to the absence of suitable meadows this species is necessarily rare in the 
Adirondack region. 
Bull, N. O.O. 0,Oot, 1S81, p,230 
Notes, Shelter Island, N.Yi 
W-W. Worthington. 
Notes from Shelter Island, N. Y. The past Winter 
has been unusually severe, and the Spring thus far, cold 
and backward. Notwithstanding the Inclemency of the 
weather, the Meadow Larks have remained all Winter. 
O.&O. X. May. 1885 . p. 'bC 
SfrO'O. Linaasaa Soc. of N.Y, 88-89 
isy^. 
( i i'x/i r (yx>j 
At the time the Robins were migrating, there would be frequently 
flocks of Meadow Larks ( Sturnella magna) going south. I recollect in 
my younger days, that about three miles from the City Hall, on the east 
side of the Bloomingdale Road, were extensive pasture fields— about 
where 40th Street now is ; in these the Larks accumulated in large num- 
bers in October, and of course were much hunted by city gunners. / 
Atik.a, Apr, 1889, p, 208 
Birds TIosra 00. N.Y. Aides, Lories,' 
263 . Meadow Lark. Common. Breeds. 
Arrives here from the south about the first 
week in April. The flight is regular with 
short intervals of soaring. The nest is placed 
on the ground under a tussock of grass, and 
has a canopy built over it, leaving just room 
enough to enter. The eggs are four in 
number. Mr. Samuels says, “ Their color is 
generally nearly pure white, sometimes 
reddish-white with fine spots of reddish- 
brown diffused over the entire surface of some 
specimens, in others thinly scattered spots and 
blotches of two or three shades of brown and 
lilac.’ One brood only is reared in one season. 
1 he stomach of one of these birds which I 
opened contained a great quantity of small 
bugs. 
A, JtsaQa Z 8QQ, p.83 
WlnterNotesfromStephentown, N.T. 
Ben j amin Hoag. 
Meadow Larks noted Febuary 2, and 
j several times since. 
X X T July, 1895, p ,3/3, 
Sturnella magna. Meadowlark— A beautiful albino was shot at 
Crittenden, this county, on October 4, 1894, and was mounted by Mr 
Grieb, taxidermist. The usual hrnwn fi M 
O.&O.V 0 I.I 8 , Jan. 1893 p.ll 
W i, nter Residents of 
uadson Valley. E.A.Mearns. 
12. Sturnella magna. Meadow Lark. — They remained at Fish- 
kill, Duchess Co., N. Y., during the winter of 1874 - 75. Found at various 
poin ts along the Hudson in winter. 
Bali, N. 0 . 0 . 4, Jan. , 1879. p.30 
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