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FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS. spring, when he iirrives in hirge, noisy flocks. fonnd in the woods.

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56. MEADOAV LARK. Sturnella magna, Length, 10| inches. Upperparts yellowish bnff and throat yellow rusty, with black bars and streaks breast and belly white Avith black marks l)ill blue Flight like outer tail-feathers conspicuously white. that of a Quail, but with a peculiar fluttering. The Meadow Lark prefers to perch on a rock or tussock rather than on bushes. It is found in dry meadows and grass land, never in the Avoods.



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ROBIN.

BALTIMORE

ORIOLE,

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Length, 7^ inches. galbula. BrigLt orange and black. Female similarly marked with dull brown, Avith a Avash of dull orange all over. Though a true tree-bird, rarely seen on the ground, the Oriole does not frequent the Avoods. It prefers Icterus

orchards and roadside trees, in settled districts, and builds its curious hanging nest suspended from a branch often directly over the road.

ORCHARD

5S. ORIOLE. Icterus spur ius. Length, 7^ inches. Similar to the Baltimore Oriole, but dark rich chestnut instead of orange, and more lightly built throughout. Female differs greatly from the male, being grayish green above and grayish