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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTEKN 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=like feathers ; wing, 3.75 to 4.50. 







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Horned Lark. 



rppcr tlirti.it ami line ovoi- the eye, yellow, or j'ellowish wliit(! ; a stripe from bill 

 helow the ej'c, and a patch on breast, black, or blackish; belly, white ; upper 

 parts, brownish, more or leas streaked ; hind toe nail, lonp^, :nul nearly straight; 

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

 winter birds, the horn-like tul't of feathers is bicking, or indistinc-t. 



Horned Lark. 

 Shore Lark. 



OliiciiriA aljirsfria, and rnres. 

 See No. 357. 



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