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and portions of Asia; accidental in Greenland and Bermuda. 

 Celebrated in song and story. 



b. Horned Larks. Otocoris. 



Differ from a in having hind toe nail shorter, fig. 248 B, 

 Fig. 248. black markings about 



head and on breast and 

 elongated f e a t h e rs on 

 sides of crown, fig. 248. 

 Throat, white or yellow- 

 ish. Nests on ground, 

 eggs>4or5, grayish, 

 spotted with yellowish- 

 brown. . Song, given 

 while soaring in air, but 

 spend much time on the 

 ground where they run 

 about very actively, 

 squat for concealment, 

 rise when alarmed and 

 OO, A, b, 1. move with a flitting 



flight, seldom direct, but erratic ; gregarious ; give a shrill, 



double note when on the wing. 



1. NORTHERN HORNED LARK, O. ALPESTRIS. 7.50; 

 pinkish-brown above and on sides, otherwise white below ; 

 black markings as in fig. 248; throat and line over eye, yel- 

 low. Breeds in northeastern N. A., Greenland, and northern 

 parts of the Old World ; south in Oct. to winter, especially 

 along the coast, to the Middle States arid less commonly to 

 the Carolinas ; north in April. Abundant. 



2. PRAIRIE HORNED LARK, A. PRATICOLA. A little 

 smaller than 1 and much paler, especially above. Breeds in 

 Mass., N. H., Yt., N. Y. and west to the Mississippi Yalley in 

 April ; in winter as in 1 but less common on the coast in the 

 north; south in Oct., north in April. 



