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the t'clKtCH ill the okl wood, and seems a signal of safety and 

 a eall f r ^jatheriiig' ior every ehiei<adee witliin twenty yards 

 around. Then th(\ hiuin to gatiier. Every hu.sh swarms 

 witli tluni. 1 remain still, and the eaiitious little iellosvs hop 

 n; arer and nearer. If I move they are oft'; if I remain 

 perfcelly still they I op aiouiid and over nie without the 

 slightest lusitation. INly large hoots se( ni the ohjeet of great- 

 est (uiriosit}' to them, and more than once several good- 

 si/ed overflow meetings apparently took them for a text and 

 j)reaelud with great success, each bird in his turn, then all to- 

 gether, upon this topic alon(v At last, and somewhat uncon- 

 sciously, one toe mo\es several inches, when whist ! the panic 

 that ensues is leai ful and the meeting, ovei Hows and all, breaks 

 up in an instant. A whi^h of many wings, a vindictive ee- 

 ee-ee, growing fainter and fainter, then ceasing altogether, 

 and I am postively alone. Did I wait ten n)inutesthey would 

 all comeback: but my attention is called in another direction, 

 as will pre s ntly appear. The lTuds')niap. titmouse breeds in 

 the interior, all u[> and down the coa,-?c, where it pi'efers the 

 tangled undergrowth so difficult of access. Its note is 

 wheezed and not a clear pronounced dee, repeated several 

 times. 



SHORE LAUK HORNED LARK 



EiTmopliila (i1j)('!<tri)<. — (L.) Boie. 



The bird that has detracted our attention from the group 

 of diminutive curiosity seekers, flies by with a wild flight far 

 up in the sky above, uttering a wild, querulous whistle as he 

 passes, and is immediately lost in the distance. It is the shore 

 or horned lark ; the people here call it the skylark. We will 

 turn to the note-book again ; here is the record : Mondav, Oc- 

 tober 11. This morning I shot several specimens of the horn- 

 ed lark and noted the extent of the pinkish color on the wing 

 coverts, rump, and neck, usual in the Spring specimens of high 

 Eastern regions. My long stay upon the coast made me quite 



