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LAND-BIRDS. 



In St. Louis it considerably outnumbers P. domestical and, 

 as is the case in Europe, it prefers the outskirts of the city 

 and the country. In other respects these two species closely 

 resemble each other." — Dr. James C. Merrill, U. S, Army. 



§ 16. ALAUDID^. Larks. (See § 15 ad finem.) 

 I. OTOCORIS. 



A. ALPESTRis. Shore Larh. Horned Lark. " Sky 

 Lark.'' Quite common in Massachusetts in winter, chiefly 

 on or near the sea-shore.* 



1-1\ inches lono-. Above, salmon-colored brown, 



a. 



vaguely streaked with dusky brown. Outer tail-feathers, 

 black ; outermost, white-edged. Throat and superciliary line, 



Fig. 11. Shore Lark, (i) 



pale yellow. Large patch or crescent on the breast, and 

 smaller one under the eye, black. Belly, etc., white. (In 

 fall and winter specimens, tints generally duller, and mark- 



* An abundant early spring and late 

 autumn migrant along the entii-e New 

 England coast ; found, also, in win- 

 ter, — commonly on Cape Cod and 

 along the shores of Long Island Sound, 

 locally and sparingly about Boston, 



and to the northward, as far at least 

 as Portland, Maine. Inland it is sel- 

 dom seen except during the migrations, 

 and then in much smaller numbers 

 than near the shores of the ocean. — 

 W. B. 



