182 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



Similar to Traill's Flycatcher, but smaller, and 

 wing-bands grayish white. 



150. Horned Lark. 



Male: Length about 8 inches, tail about 3 inches 

 long ; an erectile, horn-like tuft of lengthened 

 black feathers on each side of occiput. Above, 

 vinaceous-cinnamon, forehead black, with a deep 

 primrose-yellow bar across forehead and extending 

 backward as a superciliary stripe ; below, vinaceous 

 and whitish, throat primrose-yellow, with a black 

 patch across chest. Adult females : Similar to 

 males, but smaller, and plumage duller and more 

 streaked. Young : Above, dusky arid light-brown- 

 ish, speckled with white or pale-buffy ; below, 

 whitish, tinged with pale brownish-buff and marked 

 with dusky. 



151. Prairie Horned Lark. 



Male: Length about 7J inches, tail about 3 

 inches long. Similar to the Horned Lark, but 

 plumage paler, female: Length about 7_dnches, 

 and tail about 2f inches long. Young : Like that 

 of the Horned Lark, but plumage darker. 



152. American Magpie. 



Length about 20 inches, tail about 10 J inches, 

 and bill about 1J inches long. General plumage 

 black and white, glossed with metallic greenish- 

 blue, varied with green, violet, bronze and purple. 



