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Crown and back, ashy; throat and breast, ashy white; sides of 

 breast and body, orange red ; tail, very long, rarely less than four and 

 one half inches. A southwestern species, several examples of which 

 have been taken in eastern North America, from Ontario to Florida. 



Muscivora forficata. 

 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 

 See No. 203. 



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 eye, yellow, or yellowish white ^ 

 a stripe from bill below the eye, and a patch on breast, black, or black- 

 ish; belly, white; upper parts, brownish, more or less streaked; 

 hind toe nail long, and nearly straight; greater portion of outer web 



