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Range (Florida and the Bahamas)

Florida and the Bahamas. 501. Sturnella magna (Linn.). MEADOWLARK; FIELD LARK. Ad. in summer. Prevailing color of the upper parts black, the crown with a buffy line through the center, the back bordered and tipped with rufous and buffy; outer tail-feathers mostly white, middle ones with imperfect, connected bars, not reaching the outer edge of the feather; line from the bill over the eye yellow; sides of the throat and ear-coverts whitish; throat, between the lower branch of the under mandible, breast, and middle of the upper belly bright yellow; a black crescent on the breast; sides and lower belly whitish, spotted or streaked with black. Winter plumage. - Feathers all much more widely margined, the prevailing color of the upper parts rufous-brown; black breast crescent veiled with buffy; yellow of under parts duller. L., 10-75; W., 476; T., 3-16; B., 1.30.