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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTEKN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY ALAUDID^. 

 Larks, 



Bill, pointed, and somewhat rounded ; back of tarsus, rounded ; hind 

 toe nail, elongated, equal or longer than the toe; nostrils, more or less 

 concealed by tufts of hair^like feathers ; wing, 3.75 to 4.50. 



Horned Lark. 



TTpper throat and line over the eye, yellow, or yellowish white; a stripe from hill 

 below the eye, and a patch on breast, black, or 1)lackish ; belly, white ; upper 

 parts, brownish, more or less streaked; hind toe nail, long, and nearly straight; 

 greater portion of outer web of outer tail feather, white. In immature and 

 winter birds, the horn-like tuft of feathers is lacking, or indistinct. 



Horned Lark. 

 Shore Lark. 



Odi/'nris aljif'stris, and 7'aces, 

 See No. 357. 



