. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . rd. p. 258. Alder Flycatcher. 7. Throat not pure white. Familiar ; found intrees about houses. Note, che-beck. p. 80. Least Flycatcher. Horned Lark; Shore Lark : Otocoris alpestris andeastern race. (Fig. m, p. 262.) Upper parts pinkish brown ; tail black, outer feathers markedwith white ; forehead, horns, sides of throat and breast black ;rest of under parts whitish. Length, 7| inches. Geographic Distribution. — Breeds m northern Europe,Greenland, Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay regionsouthward to upper Mississippi valley and Mas
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . rd. p. 258. Alder Flycatcher. 7. Throat not pure white. Familiar ; found intrees about houses. Note, che-beck. p. 80. Least Flycatcher. Horned Lark; Shore Lark : Otocoris alpestris andeastern race. (Fig. m, p. 262.) Upper parts pinkish brown ; tail black, outer feathers markedwith white ; forehead, horns, sides of throat and breast black ;rest of under parts whitish. Length, 7| inches. Geographic Distribution. — Breeds m northern Europe,Greenland, Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay regionsouthward to upper Mississippi valley and Massachusetts;in winter, southward to about latitude 35°. Sometimes, as you drive along the country roads,you will see perched on a fence a small chocolate-colored bird with curious black, horn-like plumeson the sides of its head; and again, in winter,you may meet a flock of the same singular littlebirds in the middle of a city street. I have hadone of these pleasant encounters in birds start up before you with a plaintive 262 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 whichthe famous Skylarkis one of the Euro-pean members; butwhile their song iswholly unpreten-tious, it is quaintand attractive, andis often given asthe bird springs^ from the groundtoward the sky, quitein the manner of the Skylark. The characters of the Horned Larks are dis-tinct. They are protectively colored, matchingclosely the soil where they are seen; and in thewest, where they habitually run along the bright-colored roads, their coloration is striking. Theyrun and walk rather than hop, and have the fur-ther habit of keeping in flocks when not has been complained that the Lark eatsnewly planted wheat and oats, but the examina-tion of 59 stomachs shows that it does not doany appreciable damage to grain crop
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