. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 252 BIRDS OF AMERICA WESTERN MEADOWLARK Sturnella neglecta Audubon A, O. IJ, Numlicr 501 I Other Names.— Common Meadowlark ; Field Lark of the West; Lark of the West. Description.— Length, gj'j inches. Similar to the Meadowlark but different in proportions, the wings averaging longer, the tail shorter; coloration much grayer and more " broken" above, the broad lateral crown stripes never uniform black, but always (except in excessively worn plumage) streaked with pale gray- ish-brown ; cheeks always largely yellow; blackish streaks on side
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 252 BIRDS OF AMERICA WESTERN MEADOWLARK Sturnella neglecta Audubon A, O. IJ, Numlicr 501 I Other Names.— Common Meadowlark ; Field Lark of the West; Lark of the West. Description.— Length, gj'j inches. Similar to the Meadowlark but different in proportions, the wings averaging longer, the tail shorter; coloration much grayer and more " broken" above, the broad lateral crown stripes never uniform black, but always (except in excessively worn plumage) streaked with pale gray- ish-brown ; cheeks always largely yellow; blackish streaks on sides and flanks varied with spots of pale grayish-brown, the ground color of these parts paler buffy (often white) ; black jugular crescent averaging decidedly narrower; and yellow deeper. Nest and Eggs,— Nest: On ground beneath a tus- sock of grass or weeds ; constructed of grass, usually roughly arched with same material. Eggs : 3 to 7, white, spotted all over in varying amount with shades of brown and purple. Distribution.— Western United States, southwestern British Provinces, east to prairie districts of Mississippi Valley, in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indian Territory, and {occasionally to Illinois, Wisconsin, and southern Michigan, accidentally to Massachusetts?); north to southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, southwestern Saskatchewan, and western Manitoba; south over northern Me.\ico. Every once in a while, well-meaning arise to remark that the Bald Eagle is not a fit emblem for this country, because he is a robber,. Photo by H. T. Middleton MEADOWLARK IN SNOWDRIFT an eater of carrion, and so on. Then they stig- gest a substitute. One of these substitutes who, a few years ago, had many champions, was the Meadowlark, because, as his friends truthfully averred, he is a beautiful bird and a highly use- ful one, with no bad habits; besides which he is known, in slightly variant forms, throughout Uncle Sam's domains, and finally because he is di
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