Birds of Canada. 53 



underneath, white ; sides, yellowish-green ; top 

 and sides of the head, bluish-ash. Breeds in 

 Canada. Nests, in the topmost branches of a 

 tree ; eggs, four, white. 



FAMILY ALAUDID^E. THE SKYLARKS. 



SHORE LARK. 



Eremophila cormita. The Shore Lark. 



The Shore Lark arrives in Canada late in the 

 fall. Color, pinkish-brown ; the feathers of the 

 back, marked with dusky-brown ; the frorital 

 band and under parts, white ; neck and throat, 

 yellow ; a crescentric patch from the bill below 

 the eye, and along the side of the head, and a 

 black pectoral crescent. While on the wing 

 it sings sweetly. Its nest is always built on 

 the ground ; eggs, four in number, of a faint 



