Birds of Indiana. 873 



SuBORDBE OSCINES. Song Birds, 



XXXVII. Family ALAUDID^. Lakks. 



a^. Small tuft of lengthened black feathers over each ear (sometimes obscure in 

 female.) Otocobis. 107 



107. GiHua OTOCOKIS Bonafaetk. 



ci'. Larger; wing generally over 4.30; forehead and line through eye yellow. 



O. alpestris (Linn.). 182 



a'. Smaller; wing generally under 4.30; paler colored ; forehead and line over the 



eye white. O. alpestris praticola Henah. 183 



182. (474). Otocoris alpestris (Linn). 



Horned Lark. 

 Synonym, Shobe Labk. 



Head of Horned Lark. 



AduU, Summer Plumage. — x4ibove, grayish-brown; nape, lesser wing- 

 coverts and rump and upper tail-coverts, deep vinaceous; forehead, line 

 over the eye and throat, sulphur-yellow; band across breast, stripe 

 from bill below the eye and band across the top of head, above the 

 eye extending backward along the side of crown, ending in tufts or 

 horns, black; other lower parts, white; dusky along the sides; tail, 

 black, the outer feathers edged with white, the middle one with brown; 

 wings, brown. Winter Plumage. — Paler, the black markings somewhat 

 obscured by lighter. Female. — Smaller; black on head less distinct. 



MaZe.— Length, 7.50-8.00; wing, 4.20-4.60; tail, 2.70-3.10; bill (aver- 

 age), .50. Female, wing, 3.95-4.55; tail, 2.50-3.10. 



Eange.^ — Northeastern North America, from North Carolina, Ohio, 

 Indiana and Illinois (formerly farther south); north to Hiidson Bay 



