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call them 'yellow throats,' and shoot them extensively for food'* (S. E. White); 

 " very common at Palmer. Marquette Co., where it is often seen with the Snow 

 Bunting and is called 'yellow throat'" (O. B. Warren); not very rare in winter; 



• Horned Lark, much reduced. 



breeds in Greenland and Labrador; often seen in barnyards, feeding on seeds* 

 etc.; this bird is often confused with the following subspecies, which is more 

 common in our state. From what Dr. J. B. Steere writes me. I judge that this 

 is the more^common at Ann Arbor. Mr. N. A. Eddy has taken this at Bay City. 



202~474l»-(000). Otocoris alpestris praticola Hensh. *Prairie Horned Lark. 



Summer resident; Jonathan Dwight, Jr., found them at Ann Arbor and Cadillac 

 where they were breeding (Auk, Vol. VIII, p. 138); "common at Port Sanilac'" 

 (W. A. Oldlield); "very common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds; nests 

 on ground; in^ April or earlier; "breeds abundantly in Kent Co." (S. E. White); 

 J. B. Purdy, of Plymouth, has found eggs in nest in February; nests often sur- 

 rounded by snow; may be double or triple brooded; eggs four or five, gray specked 

 with brown; food, insects and seeds. Mr. L. W. Watkins took one on eggs March 

 20, 1889, the nest was surrounded by snow. N. A. Eddy has seen young flying in 



Horned Lark, uatiiral size. 



late April at Bay City, where immense Hocks are seen in fall along the bay shore. 

 This sub-species and the preceding overlap each other in this region during winter 

 and so are very generally confused throughout the state. The species and sub- 

 species are thought generally to be one and the same bird. 



