. Birds of a Maryland farm : a local study of economic ornithology . Fig. 1.—Meadowlark. of the former class. It was found breeding in all the lots, usually in atimothy field or an old weedy cornfield (PL V. fig. 1), and was presentin numbers sufficient to do much good. In late summer flocks of 20were of ten seen, and in November usually more than twice that num-ber. These birds in their feeding completely covered the open partsof the lots, and came fearlessly up to the barns and foraged within astones throw of the house. Bull. 17, Biological Survey, U. S. Dept of Agriculture. Plate II. Marsha
. Birds of a Maryland farm : a local study of economic ornithology . Fig. 1.—Meadowlark. of the former class. It was found breeding in all the lots, usually in atimothy field or an old weedy cornfield (PL V. fig. 1), and was presentin numbers sufficient to do much good. In late summer flocks of 20were of ten seen, and in November usually more than twice that num-ber. These birds in their feeding completely covered the open partsof the lots, and came fearlessly up to the barns and foraged within astones throw of the house. Bull. 17, Biological Survey, U. S. Dept of Agriculture. Plate II. Marshall HallWharf —A. O o is- Cow barn lorse barn EXPLANATION OFCONVENTIONAL SIGNS USED. • FENCES. ^Hlfl PINE . ($\}®m--- -OAK. 4£$£^ WILLOW. LLkLl lliilu\ LAUREL gr VV*£ SWAMP OR MARSH. ROAD. w Map of Bryan Farm, where the Investigations were Carried On. DISTRIBUTION OF BIRDS. 13 Grasshopper Sparrow.—The grasshopper sparrow is even more exclu-sively a bird of the open land than the meadowlark, for it seldomflies up from the fields to perch in trees. During the period of obser-vation it happened to breed for the most part in lots 1, 2, and 3,choosing timothy fields or pastures (PI. V, fig. 2), or weedy, brierycornfields. It was often seen feeding in lot 5, but was seldomobserved in lot 4, probabty because the rotation of crops in that lot didnot happen to provide favorable grass land. Bobwhite.—The bobwhite—the quail of the North and the partridgeof the South—is also a bird of theopen, though it has the habit of flyingto cover when alarmed. Bobwhites were frequently found in coveysof
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