. The birds of New England and adjacent states : containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . icianus, Audubon. Orn. Biog., II. (1834) 216; V. (1839) Ludoviciana, Nuttall. Man., I. (1832) 147. 344 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. Description. The feathers above dark-brown, margined with brownish-white, and with a ter-minal blotch of pale reddish-brown; exposed portions of wings and tail with trans-verse dark-brown bars, which on the middle tail fe
. The birds of New England and adjacent states : containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . icianus, Audubon. Orn. Biog., II. (1834) 216; V. (1839) Ludoviciana, Nuttall. Man., I. (1832) 147. 344 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. Description. The feathers above dark-brown, margined with brownish-white, and with a ter-minal blotch of pale reddish-brown; exposed portions of wings and tail with trans-verse dark-brown bars, which on the middle tail feathers are confluent along theshaft; beneath yellow, with a black pectoral crescent, the yellow not extending onthe side of the maxilla; sides, crissum, and tibia; pale reddish-brown, streaked withblackish; a light median and superciliary stripe, the latter yellow anterior to theeye; a black line behind. Length, ten and sixty one-hundredths inches; wing, five; tail, three and seventyone-hundredths inches; bill above, one and thirty-five one-hundredths inches. This beautiful and well-known bird is a common summerinhabitant of the three southern New-England States, but ismore rare in the others. If a mild winter, it remains through. the year; but generally leaves for tlie South late in thefall, and returns about the second or third week inMarch. It commences building about the second weekin May, sometimes earlier: the locality is generally in ameadow or low field. The nest is usually built in a tussockof grass: it is pretty compact, made of dry, wiry grass,to which a hidden and almost winding path is made, andgenerally so well concealed that the nest is only to be foundwhen the bird is flushed. — Nuttall. A number of nests that I have examined agree with thisdescription: all were beneath bunches of grass; and, though THE MEADOW-LARK. 345 some were only partly covered, still there was a decidedroof to all. The eggs are usually four in number: theircolor is generally nearly pure-
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