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SOME CANADIAN BIRDS. 



HORNED LARK. 



Another hardy bird that winters in our climate and goes to Arctic 

 regions for the summer is the handsomely dressed lark that is so 

 partial to the seaside it was once known as the "shore lark." In 

 recent years several varieties of this species have been discovered, 

 many of them having no love whatever for the sea-air, — remaining 

 inland the entire year, — hence the change of name. 



In size the horned lark resembles the snow bunting, though some- 

 what larger, measuring over seven inches from tip to tip. The 

 plumage is of several tints, the feathers on the back and wings being 

 dull grayish-brown, with streaks of a darker hue. The middle tail- 

 feathers are like the back, but the remainder are black, and the 

 outer pair are patched with white. The nape, shoulders and rump 

 appear as if washed with a pink-tinted cinnamon-brown. A black 

 bar crosses the forehead and passing above the eyes terminates in 

 the erectile horn-like tufts that give the bird its name. Another 

 black bar passes from the base of the bill below the eyes. A 

 yellow line runs through the eyes and the entire throat is yellow. The 

 breast is of yellowish white with a central patch of black, and the 

 remaining under parts are of dull white, shaded on the side with a 

 brownish tinge. A smaller form with somewhat paler colors — the 



