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GALLIN.T-;. 



SUB-FAMILY I. 



Thinocorin.e."' 



The Shore Larks. 



Gen. Charac— Bill short, rather slender, broad at the base, and compressed 

 on the sides ; the nostrils basal, lateral, : nd exposed, with the opening 

 lunate and mostly closed by a horny membrane, which is covered hy short 

 feathers. 



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Fig. 157.— latreille's shore-lark. 

 (Attagis Latreillii.) 



Tlie Shore Larks inliabit Soutli Africa and South 

 America, spreading over at least twenty-three degrees 

 of latitude. They are found in the elevated valleys 

 of mountainous districts and inland plains, preferring 

 the most desolate places. They are seen in pairs, 

 or in small coveys of five or six, and sometimes 



* 6iv, QivoQ, thin, thinos, the shore; Kopsio, coreo, to su-eep ; 

 sweeping over the shore. 



