ALAUDID^: Horned Larks 



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Occur nearly everywhere in open ground and have developed numerous 

 geographic races. They appear to thrive under all sorts of climatic 

 conditions and altitudes. Food mostly of seeds. 



Southern California Res. 

 Abundant. In flat, open 

 fields of coastal slope ; from sea- 

 level to mountain-valleys in 

 summer, wintering at lower 

 levels. Gregarious ; generally in 

 small, loose flocks except at 

 nesting-time. 



California Horned Larn 



W.V. Southeastern California and most of western Arizona. Oc- 

 casional on coastal slope of southern California. 



Southern California Res. Islands off the coast. Visits adjacent 

 mainland coast in winter. 



California Res. Valleys of Mohave Desert. Very local in distri- 

 bution. Most numerous where attempts at agriculture have created more 

 favorable conditions. 



Res. Valley of the lower Colorado River, from northeastern Lower 

 California to extreme southern Nevada; also Imperial Valley, California. 



