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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY ALAUDID/E. 

 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=Iike feathers ; wing, 3.75 to 4.50. 



Horned Lark. 



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 blackish ; belly, white ; upper 

 parts, brownish, more or less streaked; hind toe nail, long, and nearly straight; 

 greater portion of outer web of outer tail feather, white. In immature and 

 winter birds, the horn-like tuft of feathers is lacking, or indistinct. 



Horned Lark. 

 Shore Lark. 



Otocoris alpestris, and races. 

 See No. 357. 



