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bruised some hemp seed for it, and gave it occa- 

 sionally a bit of bread. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEXES. The male of 

 this bird has the forehead, throat, sides of neck, 

 and a line over the eye, of a fine straw yellow ; 

 back of the head and neck black, which bounds 

 the yellow all round the back, a reddish drab 

 color ; lower parts reddish white. The female 

 has little or no black on the head, and all the 

 colors are paler and dingy. The male has a few 

 long black feathers above the eyebrows, which it 

 can erect at pleasure, which look like little horns, 

 like those of some of the Owl tribe. 



LOCATION. Found throughout the United 

 States, in winter. Migrates north in the spring. 

 Found also in the North of Europe. 



BROWN LARK. 



This bird is rather smaller than the last men- 

 tioned, and is likewise a winter visitant. They 

 visit us in the autumn, and fly in small flocks 

 about our meadows and ploughed fields. Al- 

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