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LARKS. 



very actively, squat for concealment, rise 

 when alarmed and move with a flitting 

 erratic flight; gregarious. Give a shrill 

 double note when on the wing. 



378. PRAIRIE HORNED LARK. 

 A little smaller than last and much 

 paler above, nearly white about head, at 



Fi. 275 



Homed Lark. 



best faintly yellow. Young, mottled black 

 and buff. Breeds in Mass, quite to coast, 

 N. H., Vt., N. Y. and west to Mississippi 

 Valley. Rare in Mass, in winter; south in 

 Oct. as far as S. C.; north in April. 



