. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 200 BIEDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTEEN NEW YOKK then consists of four or five introductory ttvits, followed by a little trill, all in a very sharp tone, or it is delivered after the bird has mounted, like his famous cousin, to a considerable height; it is then much longer, but still sharp and unmusical and lacking the strength of the Skylark. The Prairie Horned Lark also
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 200 BIEDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTEEN NEW YOKK then consists of four or five introductory ttvits, followed by a little trill, all in a very sharp tone, or it is delivered after the bird has mounted, like his famous cousin, to a considerable height; it is then much longer, but still sharp and unmusical and lacking the strength of the Skylark. The Prairie Horned Lark also occurs as a rare migrant in late October and November along the sea-coast of New England and New York, often in company with its relative the Shore Lark. It must not be confused with the small pale-colored females of the latter species, from which the pure white line over the eye will distinguish it. HoBNBD Lark ; Shore Lark. Otocoris alpestris Ad. $.—Forehead and patch back of eye yellow; "horns," or tufts of feathers projecting backward from the head, black; front and sides of crown, line from bill under eye along sides of throat and band across upper breast black; back of head, back, and rump pinkish-brown; tail dark, outer pair of feathers edged with white; throat yellow; belly white, sides pinkish-brown. Ad. 9. — Similar to $, but decidedly smaller, the black much less pronounced; the pink tinge often wanting; throat duller. The Shore Lark is a common winter visitant along the sea- coast from October to April; small flocks occasionally occur inland. Shore Larks feed in flocks along the flats left bare by the tide, and on the fields and hillsides, within sound of the surf. Their notes are shrill, re- sembling the syllables tsee, tsee-de-ree; it is hard to distin- guish them from those of the Titlark, which may be found in the same localities in fall and. Fig. 61. Horned Lark. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may h
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