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In 1891 it was observed in June and July at Franconia, N. H. (Faxon, 

 Auk, IX, 1895, p. 202). The foregoing records are from Faxon and Hoffmann 

 on 'The Birds of Berkshire,' 1900, p. 138. They state that the bird is a ' rare 

 summer resident at Williamstown, North Adams, Lanesboro, Pittsfield.' 



In 1899 the bird was found breeding as far east as Hubbardston in 

 Worcester County, Mass., Mr. Frederick Cunningham, Jr., in July of that year 

 'finding a nest with eggs from which the young were safely reared' (Howe & 

 Allen, 'The Birds of Mass.,' 1901, p. 81)." 



Since then there have been several more records for New Hampshire as 

 well as a number for its breeding in Maine. Dr. G. M. Allen 1 states that "as 

 far as at present known, therefore, the Prairie Horned Lark summers in New 

 Hampshire in small numbers on the fallow and pasture lands to the west and 

 north of the White Mountain Region." 



In Maine there have been a number of breeding records for which I am 

 indebted to Mr. J. Merton Swain. A pair was seen near Andover in that State 

 on August 12th, 1899, by A. H. Norton. 2 On June 26th, 1900, Mr. Swain 3 

 heard the notes of Otocoris between Fairfield and Canaan, and three weeks later 

 he saw a small flock and procured one adult female and two young. On April 

 23d, 1 90 1, the same observer saw a pair building their nest near Fairfield, 

 Maine. This pair laid four eggs. 4 The same year he saw a pair in Pittsfield 

 and a pair near Hartland, and he states that several pairs have since nested 

 along the Kennebec near Fairfield every year. He has also observed them 

 breeding near Belgrade Lakes, Liberty, South China, Burnham, Unity, and 

 Livermore. 5 He also observed them nesting between Guilford and Sangerville, 

 and near Farmington, and more lately near North Anson, Madison, Skowhegan, 

 and Norridgewock. 



Mr. Ora W. Knight writes me that Mr. Wallace Homer of Monson, Maine, 

 found the Prairie Horned Lark nesting there in 1904, and that he himself found 

 it at Bangor and Presque Isle under circumstances which indicated that it was 

 breeding. It is evident that the Prairie Horned Lark has come to stay, and it 

 will be an interesting addition to our avifauna. 



I have lately heard from several residents of Haverhill that a pair of Horned 

 Larks, evidently praticola as I judge from a careful description written by Mr. 

 Stanley D. Gray, has frequented some golf links on a hill near that city every 

 summer since 1900. Mr. Gray writes under date of February 7th, 1904, that 



1 G. M. Allen: Proc. Manchester Inst. Arts and Sci., vol. 4, p. 124, 1903 [=1904]. 



2 A. H. Norton : Journ. Maine Orn. Soc, vol. 2, p. 2, 1S99. 

 '). M. Swain: Auk, vol. 17, p. 387, 1900. 



" J. M. Swain: Journ. Maine Orn. Soc, vol. 3, p. 30, 1901. 

 6 J. M. Swain: Journ. Maine Orn. Soc, vol. 6, p. 40, 1904. 



