. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . CC, D, a, 1. 1-4. CC, E, a, 1. 1-5. 1*. FLORIDA MEADOW LARK, S. m. »aller than 1 and much darker above and more yellow be-low. Fla. and Gulf Coast to La. Call song, shorter and notas loud as 1, See me hear rather plaintively given. Occursin open savannas and pine woods. 200 STARLINGS. 2. WESTERN MEADOW LARK, S. neglecta. Differsfrom 1 in being much paler, the light areas on tail and wingstouching shafts of the feathers. Western U. S. east to often both while sitting and when flying. b. Red-winged Starlings. Agelaius.

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. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . CC, D, a, 1. 1-4. CC, E, a, 1. 1-5. 1*. FLORIDA MEADOW LARK, S. m. »aller than 1 and much darker above and more yellow be-low. Fla. and Gulf Coast to La. Call song, shorter and notas loud as 1, See me hear rather plaintively given. Occursin open savannas and pine woods. 200 STARLINGS. 2. WESTERN MEADOW LARK, S. neglecta. Differsfrom 1 in being much paler, the light areas on tail and wingstouching shafts of the feathers. Western U. S. east to often both while sitting and when flying. b. Red-winged Starlings. Agelaius. Bill, slightly flattened, wings and tail rather long; blackwith red patch on wing. Nests in marshes and swamps. 1. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, A. phoeniceus. ;scarlet of wing bordered with pale buff, plate 17, A. Female,smaller, streaked with brown and buff. Young male, like fe-male, gradually assuming the male dress. N. A. from GreatSlave Lake to Fla.; winters from the Carolinas southward;goes south in Oct., comes north in March. Frequents open,marsh

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