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All About The Meadow LarkUsually resident--sometimes goes south in late October, returning in April. Song--a very beautiful sweet, clear whistle--heard in the early spring and in the autumn--usually quite silent during brooding season. Female much paler in colour than male. General colour brown streaked with brown and black and cream--breast and throat yellow--conspicuous black crescent on breast--brown streak on head appearing to run through the eyes--tail feathers edged with white, which is seen most plainly when bird is in flight. Food--seeds, insects, larval insects, also swallows gravel to aid in digestion. Nest made of grasses--built on the ground amid tall grass or grain--usually quite skilfully hidden and arched or roofed over in a very ingenious way. Eggs--four in number--about an inch and an eighth in length, a pure white, speckled with brown. Greatest danger from snakes and field-mice. Meadow lark is not really a lark, but belongs to the blackbird family. Next: A Good-night Previous: The Song Of The Merry Lark
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