. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated general ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . iries of Western U. S.,breeding everywhere north of about 40°; very abundant. 84, E. a. chrysolaBma. (Gr. xp^<^^°^j chruseos, golden; Xaijuos, laimos, throat.) South-west-BRN Sh
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated general ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . iries of Western U. S.,breeding everywhere north of about 40°; very abundant. 84, E. a. chrysolaBma. (Gr. xp^<^^°^j chruseos, golden; Xaijuos, laimos, throat.) South-west-BRN Shore Lark. Smaller than the foregoing: $ with the wing scarcely or not , and other dimensions to correspond; a very smallspecimen, probably ? , has the wing only ;in another, marked $, it is The pink-ish tinge intensified into cinnamon-brown, andpervading nearly all the upper parts; yellow ofhead intensified; black markings very heavy, —the black on the crown widened to occupy morethan haif the cap, reducing the white frontlet toa mere trace. Southwestern U. S. and Mexico,breeding mostly south of 40°; abundant. ii^^^^^^SS^lM^ 12. Subfamily ALAUDIN/E: ^f ^ -^?-^^4^^/W ^ Eepresented in America by one species, a Fig. 155. — Sky-Lark, reducea. (From Dixon.) straggler from the Old World. Fig. AXiAUDA. (Lat. alauda, a lark; supposed Celtic al, high, and aud, song.) MOTACILLID^: WAGTAILS AND PIPITS. 283 Primaries 10, the spurious 1st primary minute but evident. Head subcrested, but withoutlateral ear-tufts. Wings long, pointed, the tip formed by the first 3 developed primaries;inner secondaries long and flowing. Tail emarginate, little more than half as long as equal to middle toe and claw. Lateral toes of unequal lengths. Sexes alike. Nest onthe ground. Eggs 4-5, thickly A. arvensis. (Lat. arwwsis, relating to arable land; ar^MW, a ploughed field.) Sky parts grayish-brown, the feathers with darker
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