. Birds through an opera-glass. Birds. MEADOW-LARK. 41 lark is very much the color of the dead grass that covers the ground when he first conies north, and of the dry stubble left after the summer mowing, he is somewhat hard to see. When you have found him, it is a delightful surprise to see that. the brownish yellow disguise of his back is re- lieved, not, indeed, by a sable robe like the bobo- link's, but by a throat of brilliant yellow, set off by a large black crescent. The meadow-lark has two notable characteris- tics. Belonging to the blackbird family, he is a walker, and when he flies y
. Birds through an opera-glass. Birds. MEADOW-LARK. 41 lark is very much the color of the dead grass that covers the ground when he first conies north, and of the dry stubble left after the summer mowing, he is somewhat hard to see. When you have found him, it is a delightful surprise to see that. the brownish yellow disguise of his back is re- lieved, not, indeed, by a sable robe like the bobo- link's, but by a throat of brilliant yellow, set off by a large black crescent. The meadow-lark has two notable characteris- tics. Belonging to the blackbird family, he is a walker, and when he flies you will see that he is also one of the few birds marked by prominent white outer tail feathers. The peculiarities of his labored flight are exactly described by Shelley. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948. New York, Cleveland [etc. ] The Chautauqua press
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