UiHns OK Tnihana. 871) 



Suborder OSCINES. Sonu Birds. 

 XXXVII. Family ALAUDID^. Larks. 



a'. Small tuft of lengthened black feathers over each ear (sometimes obscure in 

 female.) Otocoris. 107 



107. Gbnus otocoris Bonaparte. 



«'. Larger: wing generally over 4. .SO; forehead and line through eye yellow. 



O. alpestris (Linn.). 182 



a^. Smaller; wing generally under 4..*>0; paler colored ; forehead and line over the 



eye Avhite. O. alpestris praticola Hensh. 183 



182. (474). Otocoris alpestris (Linn). 



Horned Lark. 

 Synonym, Shork Lark. 



Head of Horned Lark. 



Adull, Hwnriim- l'lijiii,a<jr. — Above, iiniyish-browii; nape, lesser wiii^- 

 coveiis aiul rump ajirl upper iail-eoverts, deep viiiaceous; forehead, line 

 n\cr the eye and throat, sulpluir-yellow; band across breast, stripi! 

 rr(»iri bill below the eye and band acvross the to]) of head, above the 

 i-ye exlejidin<; backward along the side of crown, ending in tufts or 

 hoi-us, hhick; other lower parts, vvhiti'; dusky along the sides; tail, 

 black, the outer feathers edged with white, the middle one with brown; 

 wings, brown. Winter Plumage. — Paler, the black markings somewhat 

 obscured by lighter. Female. — Smaller; black on head less distinct. 



il/aZe.— Length, 7.50-8.00; wing, 4.20-4.60; tail, 2.70-3.10; bill (aver- 

 age), .50. Fem.ale, wing, 3.95-4.55; tail, 2.50-3.10. 



Range. — Northeastern North America, from North Carolina, Ohio, 

 Indiana and Illinois (formerly farther south): north to Hudson Bay 



