This spring I shot a male Meadow Lark w ith a peculiar 
shaped bill, the upper mandible being as much curved at the 
end as a Commorants. Did any of you ever see the like ? 
-A- jy. . 
O.&O. IX. July. 1884. P.?^. 
Notes from Frogmore, South Carolina. I have 
often observed the peculiar beak on the upper mandible of 
the Meadow Lark, think it occurs in very old individuals. 
Those which are resident here are very dark, almost melan- 
tic and usually have the hooked bill. 
O.&O. IX. Nov. 1884. p. /Jlr. 
Sea lal. Notes Home, Frogmore, S, C. 
The Meadow Lark, (263,) plentiful all Winter. 
A few breed in very dark plumage — occasionally 
with a hooked upper mandible. 
0-&O. X.Mar,1885.p.^6 
