. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . ite or flaxen ground; bill singularlyvariegated, tawny, black, and white. Female: Like male but smaller and plumage of both sexes is duller in fall and winter, the normal colors beingrestrained by a profuse buffy overlay. Adult male, length (); av. of four Columbus males, wing (); tail (); (32.). Recognition Marks.—Robin size; yellow with black or blackish collar, be-low ; general streaky appearance above. Nest, a thin b
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . ite or flaxen ground; bill singularlyvariegated, tawny, black, and white. Female: Like male but smaller and plumage of both sexes is duller in fall and winter, the normal colors beingrestrained by a profuse buffy overlay. Adult male, length (); av. of four Columbus males, wing (); tail (); (32.). Recognition Marks.—Robin size; yellow with black or blackish collar, be-low ; general streaky appearance above. Nest, a thin bed of dried grasses on the ground, usually covered or over-arched by growing grass. Eggs, 4-6, white, speckled and spotted with cin-namon-brown or purplish. Av. size, x .80 ( x ). General Range.—Eastern United States and southern Canada to the from the Gulf of Mexico northward. Range in Ohio.—Wheatons words, penned twenty-five years ago, are stillapt: .\buiidani. Summer resident in northern, in part resident in middle, andresident, but less numerous in winter, in southern .\ iwKT ur -Mi; AI Jhoto by the Author. THE MEADOWLARK. 23 LAND is, by courtesy, said to belong to this person or that because hehappens to hold a parchment whereupon are inscribed certain characters, a deedin legal phrase; but if the earth belongs to those who use it, and if he is a ben-efactor who causes two blades of grass to grow where was only one before,then, surely, the Meadow Lark has clear title of eminent domain. Fortunately,however, the claims of the farmer and the Lark do not conflict. The Lark asksbut shelter, and if the man wants crops, lo! here is his most faithful servitor. It is difficult to overestimate the economic value of the Meadow Lark. Thebird is by choice almost exclusively insectivorous. If, however, when hardpressed, he takes toll of the fallen wheat or clover seed, he is as easily justifiableas is the hired man who consumes the farmers biscuit
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