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ALAUDA ALPESTRIS. THE SHORE LARK. 



HORNED LARK. 



Fig. 137. 



Alauda alpestris. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 289. 



Alauda alpestris. Lath. Ind. Orn. IL 498. 



Allouette a hausse-col noir. Alauda alpestris. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 279. 



Shore Lark. Wils. Amer. Orn. I. 85. 



Horned or Shore Lark. Alauda cornuta. Swains, and Richards. Faun. 



Bor. Amer. I. 245. 

 Shore Lark. Alauda alpestris. Aud. Orn. Biogr. IL 570. 

 Alauda alpestris. Shore Lark. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 126. 



3fale in winter with the upper parts pale brow?iish-red, 

 streaked with dark-brown ; the lower parts tchite ; a recurved 

 band on the head, and a large patch on the loieer fore-nech 

 black, but the feathers tipped with reddish-white ; the throat and 

 a band over the eyes yellow. Male in summer with the bands on 

 the head and neck pure black ; the throat and band over the eyes 

 white. Female with the upper parts as in the male, the loicer 

 greyish-white. 



Male in AVinter. — This beautiful bird resembles the Sky 

 Lark in form, the body being rather full, the neck short, the 

 head of moderate size, the wings and tail long. The digestive 



