. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ^•m o{ Lin.) liiidric, and subulate ifincted towards the le base of the upper ;cfaed and declining rane. Feet slender >e ; hind toe shortest it stmiiigijit- — Wings d imraBO-ea longest; nearly ecfoal to tiie note. ike i:be adult SMle. only doxam^'B. few [msaui. — These hinhi o of the Loirs ; ti^y anner as the latter places, in iic>ld8. aaO er badieB aj tnaET: iBsct &od. they ht»f ; ttey olao nest OD t on frees. The «|»- be. LK. ;ouBON, pi. 10. Orn. p. 19. pi. 4a. fig. 4. ye white ; breast an
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ^•m o{ Lin.) liiidric, and subulate ifincted towards the le base of the upper ;cfaed and declining rane. Feet slender >e ; hind toe shortest it stmiiigijit- — Wings d imraBO-ea longest; nearly ecfoal to tiie note. ike i:be adult SMle. only doxam^'B. few [msaui. — These hinhi o of the Loirs ; ti^y anner as the latter places, in iic>ld8. aaO er badieB aj tnaET: iBsct &od. they ht»f ; ttey olao nest OD t on frees. The «|»- be. LK. ;ouBON, pi. 10. Orn. p. 19. pi. 4a. fig. 4. ye white ; breast and early hliick, the outer the 3d, a conic wliite more spotted below, with blackish-brown yellowish rufous, the r a short time in the )se-color. most parts of the ed flocks from the tes, about the sec- tlUOWN OR RED LARK. 451 ond week in October. According to its well known hab- its, it frequents open flats, commons, and ploughed fields, like a Lark, running rapidly along the ground, and tak- ing by surprise its insect prey of (lies, midges, and other kinds. Tiioy also frequent the river shores, particularly where gravelly, in quest of minute shell-fish, as well as aquatic insects and their larvai. At this time they utter only a feeble note or call, like tweet tweet, with the final tone often plaintively prolonged, and, when in flocks, wheel about and fly pretty high, and to a considerable distance before they alight. Sometimes families of these birds continue all winter in the Middle States, if the sea- son prove moderate. In the Southern States, particu- larly North and South Carolina, they appear in great flocks in the depth of winter. On the shores of the San- tee, in January, I observed them gleaning their food familiarly amidst the Vultures, drawn by the rubbish of thv^ city conveyed to this quarter. They likewise fre- quent the corn-fields and rice-grounds for the same purpose. They also migrate to the Bermudas islands, Cuba, and Jamaica, and penetrate in the cou
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