ALAUDIDAE 
474. Otocoris alpestris 
HORNED LARK. 7 1-2 inches 
Male. Above brown mottled; forehead yellow; black bar on 
forepart of crown extended on either side into little tufts of feathers, 
giving effect of horns; tail black with white edgings. Below 
whitish ; ¢iroat yellow ; black patch on breast and under eye. 
Female. Similar, but markings less distinct. 
A near relative of the European skylark. In he 
flocks on the Massachusetts coast in autumn }-- 
and winter, usually on the ground, running and  * ‘ 
walking among the dead grass and weeds, the : 
seeds of which are their principal food. 
Note. A whistle. 
Nest. On the ground. 
Breeds. North of the United States. 
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