Meadow Lark Foot and Bill

“Sturnella magna. Field Lark. Old-field Lark. Meadow Lark. The colors, as above described, rich and pure, the prevailing aspect brown; black streaks prevailing on brown; yellow of chin usually confined between rami of under mandible; black bars on wings and tail usually confluent along the shaft of the feathers, leaving the gray in scallops. Sexes are similar: Female duller colored, the yellow paler. “ Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, field lark, ornithology, Meadow Lark, North American birds, omnivorous birds, non-migratory birds, ground forager, Sturnella magna, Old-field Lark, icterid birds

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Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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