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PERCHING BIRDS. 
in summer-plumage has the upper-parts rich brown, bordered with russet, becoming 
lighter on the nape; the crown, lesser wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts being 
a brilliant red-russet, which gives the bird a marked and distinct character; the 
primaries are dark brown, the first white on the inner web, and becoming almost 
entirely so in the middle; the tail-feathers are brown edged with white on the 
inner webs; the throat and sides of the neck are spotted with brown and russet; 
and the under-parts are white. The female is similar, but duller and less pure 
in tint. 
The Horned The horned larks are distinguished in the adult male plumage by 
Larks. a tuft of feathers springing from each side of the crown; the bill being 
rather short, and slightly arched; the nostrils are densely covered by plumes, the 
HORNED, OR SHORE LARK nat. size). 
wings are long, and the claw of the first toe is straight and about as long as the toe. 
These birds are remarkable for the constancy of the pattern of their plumage; 
yellow and black being usually associated with vinaceous brown. This genus 
( Otocorys ) is strongly represented in the New World, the northern parts of which 
possess several species, one of the number at least being virtually identical with the 
common horned lark of Europe. The latter bird (0. alpestris ) appears to inhabit 
the whole of the northern parts of Europe and Siberia; and other species are 
