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Dickcissel; Black-throated Bunting — Part 1
Adult male--Forehead yellowish; head gray; back brownish, dark streaked; yellow line over and back of eye and on side of throat; throat white with black patch; breast yellow shading into white on the belly.
Adult female--General colour duller, with black patch on throat.
Length--6.00.
Breeding Range--"From Texas to Minnesota" (Recent Eastern Records).
The nest may be found either on the ground in open fields and prairies or in bushes or trees; it is built of "leaves, grasses, rootlets, corn-husks, and weed stems; the lining is of fine grass and often horse hair." 3 to 5 pale blue eggs are laid. Size--.80 x .60.
In lowa the nesting season begins in May, continuing until August.