286 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



signifies "eared," and has been given to them on account 

 of the tuft that projects from the front towards the back 

 of the head, bearing some resemblance to a pen stuck 

 behind each ear of a city man of business. 



It is a native of Northern America, where it is migratory, 

 that is, in the winter it directs its flight to the south, and 

 returns in the spring to its native haunts. 



It is easily kept in confinement if treated as recommended 

 for the European lark, than which it is rather smaller, al- 

 though resembling it in a general way. 



