s farther north. The Florida Red-wing (_A.
p. floridanus_, Case 4, Figs. 28, 29) is smaller
and with a slenderer bill. It inhabits Florida
(except the southeast coast and Keys) and ranges
west along the Gulf coast to Texas. The Bahama
Red-wing (_A. p. bahamensis_) is still smaller. It
is resident in southeastern Florida, the Keys and
Bahamas.

Washington, common P.R., abundant in migration.
Ossining, common S.R., Feb. 25-Nov. 11. Cambridge,
abundant S.R., Mch. 10-Aug. 30; a few winter. N.
Ohio, abundant S.R., Mch. 1-Nov. 15. Glen Ellyn,
common S.R., Mch. 5-Nov. 19. SE. Minn., common
S.R., Mch. 8-Nov. 14.

The Red-wing's mellow _kong-quer-reee_ is as certain an indication of
the presence of water as is the piping of frogs in the spring. It may be
only a bit of boggy marshland, it may be a reedy lakeside, but water
there will surely be. On a frequented perch he half spreads his wings,
fluffs out his scarlet epaulets, bursting into bloom, as it were, when
he utters his notes--a singing flower! The nest is in the alders,
button-bushes, or reeds, or even on the ground, and although the birds
come in March, their pale blue, spotted, blotched, and scrawled eggs are
not laid until May. Except when nesting, Red-wings live in flocks.

MEADOWLARK

_Sturnella magna magna. Case 2, Fig. 23_

A large, quail-like bird which shows white outer
tail-feathers when it flies; if one can obtain a
front view, the yellow underparts and black
breast-crescent are conspicuous. L. 10-3/4.

_Range._ Eastern North America, rare west of the
Mississippi; nesting from North Carolina and
Missouri to Canada; winters from southern New
England and northern Ohio southward. The Southern
Meadowlark (_S. m. argutula_, Case, 4, Fig. 79) is
smaller and darker. It is resident in the south
Atlantic and Gulf States.

Washington, common P.R., less common in winter.
Ossining, tolerably common S.R., Feb. 20-Nov. 27;
a few winter. Cambridge, common S.R., not common
W.V. N. Ohio, abundant S.R., Mch. 5-Nov. 15; a
few winter. Glen Ellyn, common S.R., Jan. 24-Nov.
15; irregular W.V. SE. Minn., common S.R., Mch.
25-Oct. 15; rare W.V.

The Meadowlark is a