. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . se birds add berries or fruits of any kindto their fare, like the Starling, but usually remain the wholesummer in moist meadows, and in winter retire to the opengrassy woods, having no inclination to rob the orchard or gar-den, and, except in winter, are of a shy, timid, and retiringdisposition. In the East the Meadow Lark seldom ranges north of latitude 45°,I met with but one example in New Brunswick, and learn that it israre near Montreal. It is common around Ottawa and throughoutsouthern Ont
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . se birds add berries or fruits of any kindto their fare, like the Starling, but usually remain the wholesummer in moist meadows, and in winter retire to the opengrassy woods, having no inclination to rob the orchard or gar-den, and, except in winter, are of a shy, timid, and retiringdisposition. In the East the Meadow Lark seldom ranges north of latitude 45°,I met with but one example in New Brunswick, and learn that it israre near Montreal. It is common around Ottawa and throughoutsouthern Ontario. Note. — A larger and paler form, named the Western Mead-ow Lark (6*. magna neglecta), occurs in Wisconsin, Illinois, andIowa; and Mr. W. E. D. Scott has lately announced that the birdsfound in southwestern Florida should be referred to inexicana,the Mexican Meadow Lark, which is the smallest of the three. A stray Starling {Sturmis vulgaris) is said to have wanderedfrom Europe to Greenland; and a Troupial {Icterus icterus), aSouth American bird, was taken by Audubon near Charleston,S. m^^mji: BALTIMORE ORIOLE. GOLDEN ROBIN. HANG-NEST. FIRE BIRD. Icterus galbula. Char. Male : head, neck, throat, back, wings, and greater part oftail black ; wing-coverts and secondaries tipped with white ; other partsorange. Bill and feet blue black. Female l, smaller and paler, some-times the black replaced by olive or grayish. Young similar to 7 to 8 inches. JVest. Pensile and purse-shaped, 6 to 8 inches deep, suspended fromextremity of branch 10 to 50 feet from the ground, composed of yarn,string, horsehair, grass, etc., woven into a compact texture. £g[£;-s. 4-6; dull white, blotched irregularly with dark brown ; .90 X .60. 84 SINGING BIRDS. These gay, lively, and brilliant strangers, leaving their hi-bernal retreat in South America, appear in New England aboutthe first week in May, and more than a month earlier in Loui-siana, according to the observations of Audubo
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