. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . en in the cityorchards it takes its location and raises its family. As soon as theyoung ones are able to fly, the birds disperse more generally over thecountry, and are in no haste to retire, but linger till the cold weathercuts off their supply of food. As the correct identification of the small flycatchers is often aj
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . en in the cityorchards it takes its location and raises its family. As soon as theyoung ones are able to fly, the birds disperse more generally over thecountry, and are in no haste to retire, but linger till the cold weathercuts off their supply of food. As the correct identification of the small flycatchers is often aj^uzzle to the amateur, and as the Iniild of the nest and the markings HORNED LARK. 269 of the eggs are often strong points in the evidence, T shall giveDr. Coues instructions, which may be of use in this connection : E. acadicus—Nest, in the trees, in horizontal forks, thin, saucer-shaped, open-work ; eggs, creamy-white, boldly spotted. E. train it—Nest, in trees, in upright crotch, deeply cupped, moreor less compact walled; eggs, creamy-white, l)oldly spotted. U. minimus—Nest, in trees, in upright crotch, deeply cupped,compact walled ; eggs, immaculate white. £J. flaviventris—Nest, on the ground or near it, deeply cupped,thick and bulky ; eggs, white, Suborder OSCINES. Song Birds. Family ALAUDID^. Larks. Genus OTOCORIS Bonaparte. OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS (Linn.). 194. Horned Lark. (474) Adult:—Above, brown, tinged with pinkish, brightest on the nape, lesserwing coverts and tail coverts; other upper paits, gray, the centre of thefeathers, dusky ; below, white, tinged with dusky on the sides, anteriorlywith sulphur-yellow ; a large black area on the breast; sides of the head andwhole of the throat, sulphury-yellow, with a crescentic mark of black beloweach eye, and a black bar across the forehead, and thence along the side of thecrown, prolonged into a tuft or horn. 270 BIRDS OF ONTARIO. Middle tail feathers like the hack, the others black, the outer web of theout
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