XXIV 
THE LARK FAMILY 
(Alaudide) * 
THERE are a good many kinds of larks in the 
world, but only one comes to us, the HorNnEeD 
Lark, or shore lark. He differs a little in color 
in the various places he is found over our broad 
country, but not enough to call him another 
species. 
In places where there is a great deal of rain, 
birds take ona slightly different shade from their 
brothers who live in dry places. So there are 
several varieties of the horned lark. But dress 
isn’t everything, and, after all, he is the same 
bird in habits and manners wherever we find 
him in the United States. He is streaked brown 
on the back, and white below, with yellow throat 
and black and white markings. 
The way you may always know a PRAIRIE 
Hornep Lark, of whom I will speak, is by the 
1 See Appendix, 17. 
