. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . PERCHING BIRDS Western Meadowlark. neglecta. Shir ii el I a Range.—North America west of the Mississippi and from Manitoba and Britisli Columbiasouthward, its range overlapping that of theeastern Meadowlark in the Mississippi Valley,but the two varieties appear not to variety is paler than the eastern, but thegreatest point of difference is in the songs,they being wholly unlike, and that of the west-ern bird much loude
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . PERCHING BIRDS Western Meadowlark. neglecta. Shir ii el I a Range.—North America west of the Mississippi and from Manitoba and Britisli Columbiasouthward, its range overlapping that of theeastern Meadowlark in the Mississippi Valley,but the two varieties appear not to variety is paler than the eastern, but thegreatest point of difference is in the songs,they being wholly unlike, and that of the west-ern bird much louder, sweeter and more variedthan the simple whistle of the eastern nesting habits of both varieties are thesame and the eggs indistinguishable. 501c. Southern Meadowlark. Sturnellamagna argutula. -Florida and the Gulf coast. A very similar bird to the northern formbut slightly smaller and darker. There is nodifference between the eggs of the two varieties. An, i >riol< 503. Audubons Oriole. Icterus melanocephalus auduboni. Range.—Mexico and the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. This large Oriole has a wholly black head, neck, fore breast, tail and wings;it is inches in length. They are quite abundant andresident in southern Texas where they build at low eleva . i; Mo- tions in trees, preferably mesquites, making the lieslwoven grasses and hanging them from the small twigs ofthe trees; the nests are more like those of the OrchardOriole and not long and pensile like those of the three to five eggs are grayish white, blotched, cloudi Ispotted or streaked with brownish and purple. Size .70. Brownsville, Texas, April ii, L897. 5 eggs. .Vest of threads from palmetto leaves, hanging from limb oi mesquite, 10 Eeelabove ground in the open woods. Collector. Prank B. Armstrong.
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