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Bird Studies. 



like the upper parts, but rather lighter. The wings are grayish brown, much 

 like the back, and more pinkish brown on the shoulders. The middle tail 

 feathers are dusky, broadly edged with a color similar to that of the back. 

 The other tail feathers are black or dusky, and the outer ones have consider- 

 able areas of white. 



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HORNED LARK. 



The female is not as bright as the male, nor are the markings as clearly 

 defined. In winter the black markings are somewhat obscured by the white 

 edgings of the black feathers. 



The Horned Lark is found in Northeastern America, breeding in Green- 

 land, Newfoundland, and the Hudson's Bay region. In winter they go as far 

 south as Carolina and Illinois. 



The Prairie Horned Lark is half an inch shorter than its congener and 

 proportionately smaller. It differs in having the regions about the ears 

 white, and the throat pale yellow, frequently almost white. 

 In general tone it is a paler bird. 



It is a bird that has changed its habitat with the 

 settlement and clearing of this country. It formerly was 

 confined to the prairies of the interior, but now breeds and is resident from 

 the Upper Mississippi Valley eastward through New York to Western Mas- 

 sachusetts and Long Island. 



Prairie Horned 

 Lark. 



Otocoris alpestris praticola 

 Hensh. 



