meadow starlingn.U.S. the eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna.
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1839 J. J. AudubonSynopsis Birds N. Amer. 148 Sturnella... Meadow-Starling.
1917 Wilson Bull.29 83Sturnella magna.—Meadow starling, marsh quail.
1927 E. H. ForbushBirds of Mass. II. 436 The Meadowlark is not a lark; it is a meadow starling... Our Meadow Starling in New England is rather a shy bird.