. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . ked upper parts,and the brilliant yellow throat and breast separated by a broad v-shapedblack collar. In flight the white outer tail-feathers are conspicuous. Distribution.—Eastern United States and southern Canada to the from the Gulf of Mexico northward. In Michigan the Meadowlark is widely distrilnited, being most abundant,however, in the
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . ked upper parts,and the brilliant yellow throat and breast separated by a broad v-shapedblack collar. In flight the white outer tail-feathers are conspicuous. Distribution.—Eastern United States and southern Canada to the from the Gulf of Mexico northward. In Michigan the Meadowlark is widely distrilnited, being most abundant,however, in the Lower Peninsula and occurring only in the most favorablespots in the Upper Peninsula. Wehave records from Beaver Island inLake Michigan, Mackinac Island atthe head of Lake Huron, and NeebishIsland in the St. Marys River, aswell as from Chippewa, Mackinac,Luce, Alger, Marquette, Iron, Dickin-son and Delta counties, all in theUpper Peninsula. That it also occursin favorable localities farther westin the Upper Peninsula is not to l)edoubted, but at present we have nodata which wan-ant a positive state-ment in this respect. Piesumal)ly ^.it breeds wherever it is found within wins; of .ArcadowiirrkisiVowins? .-lonsattdour Ijorders. •*. 444 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. It is one of our first birds to arrive from the soutli, in fact, a few individualsalways winter in favorable places in the southern part of the state, and inmild winters considerable numbers remain. The northward movementalways begins early in March if not before, but the records for the southernpart of the state are of course vitiated by the fact that some of the birdshave wintered there. At Lansing the first arrivals range from March 3to March 28, and probably an average date for the center of the LowerPeninsula would be March 12. Often they come in small flocks, but theseare seldom compact and the birds are soon found everywhere, in pairs orsingly, or occasionally in little parties of three to five. Nest building begins
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