The Children's Book of Birds

by Olive Thorne Miller

[16] See [Appendix, 15].

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THE MEADOW STARLINGS

(Icteridæ)—Continued

MEADOWLARK

The meadow starlings are short-tailed birds who live on the ground. They have long bills and mixed sort of plumage, of browns and yellows.

Our common one, called the Meadowlark or Old-Field Lark, though he is not really a lark, is a beautiful bird. He is larger than a robin, and his mottled feathers are set off by a bright yellow breast, with a black crescent under the throat.