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■sits still indeliiiiti'ly on ;i liuil) oi- stakes 

 \vaitiag for a job, traiup-liki', till a bee 

 x)v bug or biittefUy comes that way, 

 then seeuiiugly wit'li a painful ell'ort 

 they hop off their perch and execute 

 their capias and then return as quickly 

 as possible to get another rest; and in- 

 •stead of going ott like our enterprising 

 Chewee to hunt a job, they sit still 

 again as though the^'^ were tired.,till 

 something else again "turns up." 



I intended to say a word about his 

 habitat. 1 think we must accept Dr. 

 Cones as authority on his habitat, which 

 makes it in the northern Atlantic states, 

 English provinces and 43 <^ in Michigan 

 \vhere I have seen it — i>articularly on 

 the Wisconsin river and West into east- 

 •eru Kansas, and up the Missouri river 

 as far, at least as 43 ^ and south of 

 "course in the southern states. 



W. D. F. LuMMis. 



Oes Moines, la., Oct. 26, 1891. 



Our Birds in Their Haunts. 



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 The birds luc grouped in relation to 

 .sea.son and locality, are studied "in 

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The second point given al)ove, has 

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 •composition and structure of the nest. 



the size, form and color of the eggs an- 

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The Lark Bunting- 



The Lark Bunting arrives here the 

 first of May. Frequenting the open 

 prairies in (■()mi)any with the Night- 

 hawk, the Prairie Horned Lark and 

 the Mountain Plover, it rears its young 

 and then departs for wintttr qtiarters 

 the latter part of August. 



This species commences nesting the 

 last of May. The nest is placed ou the 

 gnuind at the b:i.se of any weed or small 

 bush, but the common thistle is tisually 

 selected. The n("st is comi)osed of 

 grass blades, stems and weeds liiu'd 

 with fine; rootU-tsand (xjcasionally a few 



