AMERICAN STARLING, OR MEADOW
LARK.

Tue Starling, or Meadow Lark, is a well-
known inhabitant of the fields and mea-
dows of the United States. These birds
are sociable and go about in flocks. Their
food consists of the eggs of various in-
sects, worms, beetles, and grass seeds;
to aid their digestion, they swallow a con-
siderable amount of gravel. The nest of
of the Meadow Lark is commonly made
in a tuft of grass, in the open field. It
has a covered entrance, and is so well con-
cealed, that it is .vly to be found when
the bird is flushed. The length of this bird

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