BIRDS OF INDIANA. 873 



SUBORDER OSCINES. SONU BIRDS. 

 XXXVII. FAMILY ALAUDID^E. LARKS. 



a 1 . Small tuft of lengthened black feathers over each ear (sometimes obscure in 

 female.) OTOCORIS. 107 



107. GKNUS OTOCORIS BONAPARTE. 



a 1 . Larger; wing generally over 4.30; forehead and line through eye yellow. 



O. alpestris (Linn.). 182 



a 2 . Smaller; wing generally, under 4.80; paler colored ; forehead and line over the 

 eye white. O. alpestris praticola Hensh. 183 



182. (474). Otocoris alpestris (LINN). 



Horned Lark. 

 Synonym, SHORE LARK. 



Head of Horned Lark. 



Adult, Summer Plumage. Above, grayish-brown; nape, lesser wing- 

 coverts and rump and upper tail-coverts, deep vinaceous; forehead, line 

 over the eye and throat, sulphur-yellow; band across breast, stripe 

 from bill below the eye and band across the top of head, above the 

 eye extending backward along the side of crown, ending in tufts or 

 horns, black; other lower parts, white; 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. 



Male. Length, 7.50-8.00; wing, 4.20-4.60; tail, 2.70-3.10; bill (aver- 

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



EANGE. Northeastern Forth America, from North Carolina, Ohio, 

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



