. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. iv. E »i 2G2 HORNED LARK. cry, swing round, and then surprise you by set- tling down again only a few yards farther away ; and if you stand quietly will let you enjoy watch- ing them. In America the Horned Larks are alone in the family of which the famous S':ylark is one of the Euro- pean members; but while their song is wholly unpreten- tious, it is quaint and attracti\^e, and is often given as the bird springs from the ground toward tlie sky, quite m the manner of the Skylark. The characters of the Horned L
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. iv. E »i 2G2 HORNED LARK. cry, swing round, and then surprise you by set- tling down again only a few yards farther away ; and if you stand quietly will let you enjoy watch- ing them. In America the Horned Larks are alone in the family of which the famous S':ylark is one of the Euro- pean members; but while their song is wholly unpreten- tious, it is quaint and attracti\^e, and is often given as the bird springs from the ground toward tlie sky, quite m the manner of the Skylark. The characters of the Horned Larks are dis- tinct. They are protectively colored, matching closely the soil where they are seen; and in the west, where they habitually run along the bright- colored roads, their coloration is striking. Thoy run and walk rather than hop, and have the fur- ther habit of keeping in flocks when not nesting. It has been conq)lained that the Lark eats newly planted wheat and oats, but the examina- tion of 59 stomachs shows that it does not do any appreciable damage to grain croi)s, and on the other hand it does great good by eatino- weed Fio. 101. Horned 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 Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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