Birds of Oregon and Washington 73 



Under parts : yellow. 

 Length, 6.25 to 7.25 inches. 

 Found in the open fields and upon windy prairies. 



There are several varieties of this Lark ; but 

 one is peculiar to the western part of this sec- 

 tion, and is called '' Streaked " because of the 

 strong mai'kings upon the back. Another spe- 

 cies of dusky hue, and unstreaked, but other- 

 wise the same, is found west of the Cascade 

 Mountains, and is called the " Dusky Horned 

 Lark." 



These birds, like other Larks, are characteris- 

 tically lovers of the ground, where they run and 

 sit, scarcely ever resting upon anything higher 

 than a fence, and then only for a little time. On 

 account of their running habit they are some- 

 times called on this coast, *' Road Trotters." 

 When they do occasionally rise higher it is, like 

 the Skylark, to sing on the wing, and their 

 efforts in this direction may not be despised. 

 Their song is wild, glad and entertaining, though 

 not loud or especially sweet, and they some- 

 times sing a^ near *' Heaven's gate " as the Sky- 

 lark himself. They, too, are ''birds of the 

 wilderness," and no storm or rain, however 



