846 



LAKK^. 



ver\' activeh^, squat lor concealment, rise 

 when alarmed and move with a Hitting 

 erratic flight; gregarious. Give a shrill 

 double note when on the wing. 



378. PRAIRIE HORNED LARK. 

 A little smaller than last and much 

 paler above, nearh^ white about head, at 



Fig. 275 



Horned Lark. 



best faintly yellow. Young, mottled black 

 and buit". Breeds in Mass. quite to coast, 

 N. H., Vt., N. Y. and west to Mississippi 

 Valley. Rare in Mass. in winter; south in 

 Oct. as far as S. C; north in April. 



