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KEY TO THE 1JIKDS ()! EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY ALAUDID/E. 

 Larks. 



Bill, pointed, and somewhat rounded ; back of tarsus, rounded ; hind 

 toe nail, elongated, equal or longer than the toe; nostrils, more or less 

 concealed by tufts of hair-like feathers ; wing, 3.75 to 4.50. 



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Horned Lark. 



pp'T throat and line over the eye, yellow, or yellowish while; a stripe from hill 

 l>elo\v the eye. nuil :i ]i:iteh on lire:i>|. li|:iel<, or hl:irki-h ; lielly, white ; u|>|ier 

 lart. lirowni-h, more 01- ]e<-; -i n-nkeil ; hi ml toe nail, lonr, ami nearly <l rai^ht : 

 ^re.-iter portion of enter \\-eh <>\ onier tail leather, white. In immature ami 

 u inter liinl-i, tin: horn-like lull ol leather- i- larking, or imli-tinet. 



Horned Lark. 



Shore Lark. 



O/i/Cd/'/S Ill/ii N//-/S, 



See No. ,'{.")7. 



