208 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN 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. 
Upper throat and line over the eve, yellow, or yellowish white; a stripe from bill 
below the eye, and a patch on breast, black, or blackish; 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. 
Otocoris alpestris, and races. 
See No. 357. 
