. The land-birds and game-birds of New England with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes. Birds. 246 LAND-BIKDS. In St. Louis it considerably outnumbers P. domestica, and, as is the case in Europe, it prefers the outskirts of the city and the country. In other respects these two species closely resemble each ; — Dr. James C. Merrill, U. S. Army. § 16. ALAUDID-^EI. Larks. (See § 15 ad finem.') I. OTOCORIS. A. ALPESTEis. Shore Larh. Horned La/rh. " Shy ; Quite common in Massachusetts in winter, chiefly on or near the sea-shore.* a. 1-1
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes. Birds. 246 LAND-BIKDS. In St. Louis it considerably outnumbers P. domestica, and, as is the case in Europe, it prefers the outskirts of the city and the country. In other respects these two species closely resemble each ; — Dr. James C. Merrill, U. S. Army. § 16. ALAUDID-^EI. Larks. (See § 15 ad finem.') I. OTOCORIS. A. ALPESTEis. Shore Larh. Horned La/rh. " Shy ; Quite common in Massachusetts in winter, chiefly on or near the sea-shore.* a. 1-1^ inches long. Above, salmon-colored brown, vaguely streaked with dusky brown. Outer tail-feathers, black; outermost,white-edged. Throat and superciliary Kg. 11. Shore Lark, (i) pale yellow. Large patch or crescent on the breast, and smaller one under the eye, black. BeUy, etc., white. (In fall and winter specimens, tints generally duller, and mark- * An abundant early spring and late antnmn migrant along the entire Kew England coast; found, aUo, in -win- ter, — commonly on Cape Cod and along the shores of Long Island Sound, locally and sparingly about Boston, and to the northward as far at least as Portland, Maine. Inland it is sel- dom seen except during the migrations, and then in much smaller numbers than near the shores of the ocean.— Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Minot, Henry Davis, 1859-1890; Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin
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