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HISTORY OF 
coverts and two middle tail feathers, of the same colour ; 
remainder of the tail feathers, black, the outer one having a 
narrow border of white ; chin, a stripe through the eye to the 
ears, and the side of the neck, light yellow ; throat, upper part 
of the breast, and cheeks, deep black ; bill, black at the apex, 
pale brownish at the base of the lower mandible ; legs, brown. 
Wilson, who kept one of these birds alive for some time, says, 
that he was much amused by the odd appearance the bird 
presented, when it erected certain long black feathers which 
extend, by equal distances, beyond each other above the eye- 
brow ; they are longer and more pointed, and of a different 
texture from those around them. He suggests, that the ap- 
pellation of Alauda Cornuta, or Horned Lark, might be given 
to it in consequence; but we prefer retaining the trivial name 
of Linnaeus, as it is the older synonym. 
