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P. pictus. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 3, p. 52, pi. 153.) Head black: a line passing above and below the 



eye, a small spot on the nape, and a large patch on the wings white. Throat and all beneath yellow. 



Length, 6 inches. History incomplete. Northern regions. 

 P. ornatus. (Id. lb. pi. 154.) Grey and spotted : a bright reddish belt over the neck. Line over the 



eye, and the two lateral tail-feathers white. Beneath, except the vent and throat, black. History 



incomplete. Prairies of the Platte river. 

 P. smithii. (Id. lb. Vol. 7, p. 336, pi. 487.) Yellowish brown, streaked with dusky; clay-yellow 



beneath. Quills brownish black, edged with white. Two outer tail-feathers white. Length, 6*1. 



Illinois. 



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GENUS ALAUDA. Linnaeus. 



Bill short, straight, robust. Upper mandible convex above, smooth on its edges. Nostrils 

 basal, oval, covered by the advancing feathers of the forehead. Tongue lacerated. Hind 

 nail long, acute, nearly straight, generally stronger than the toe. Second and third quills 

 longest. Two of the scapularies nearly as long as the quills. Tail usually emarginate. 

 Feathers of the head more or less elongated, erectile. 



THE HORNED LARK. 



Alatjda corntjta. 

 ♦late lxxiii. fig. 165. 



(STATE COLLECTION.) 



Alauda alpestris, Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 289. 



Shore Lark. Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 392. 



A. campestris, Sky Lark. Bartram, p. 290. 



A. alpestris. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 85, pi. 5, fig. 4. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. New- York, Vol. 2, p. 102. 



Auddbon, folio, pi. 200. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 450. 

 A. cornuta. Rich. & Swainson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 245 (head figured). Kirt. Zool. Ohio, p. 183. Peabody, 



Zool. Mass. p. 318. Addubon, B. of Am. Vol. 3, p. 32, pi. 151. 

 Phileremos id. Bonaparte, Geograph. and Comp. List, p. 37. 

 A. alpestris, Shore Lark. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 95. 



Characteristics. Head with erectile feathers. Summer, reddish. Winter, stripe under 

 the eye, tips of crest and patch on the breast black ; throat, sides and 

 back of the neck yellow. Female : no crest ; eye-stripe yellow. Length, 

 ~t\ inches. 



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