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three eggs in this county on June 16, 1891. This same collec- 
tor has taken specimens of the bird here during the nesting 
season, but only this one nest has been found. 
Suborder Oscines. Song Birds. 
Family AuAupipAn. Larks. 
OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS ALPESTRIS (Linn.). Horned Lark. 
Regular but not numerous winter visitant. 
A few flocks of Horned Larks visit this vicinity during win- 
ter, scattering over the prairie regions and the sandy bottom 
lands. They are usually in the company of praticola and may 
be distinguished by their larger size and darker color. A few 
specimens have been taken in this vicinity. 
OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS PRATICOLA Henshaw. Prairie Horned Lark. 
Common resident and very common migrant. 
The Prairie Horned Lark is found throughout the year, either 
in the open country of the bottom lands or more numerously 
in the prairie regions. It is the commonest bird in the early 
wheat fields. Its song may be heard on mild days in January. 
It is an early breeder, the eggs having been found as early as 
March 20th, and the nest is often covered with snow. 
| OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS HOYTI Bishop. Hoyt’s Horned Lark. |] 
Probable winter visitant. 
This large pallid form has not yet been taken in the county, 
but may oceasionally occur here during winter. Students should 
be on the lookout for it. 
Family Corvipar. Crows, Jays, Magpies, ete. 
Subfamily Garrulinae. Magpies and Jays. 
PICA PICA HUDSONIA (Sabine). Magpie. 
Formerly a very rare winter visitant. 
There is a specimen of this bird in the collection of Dr. Cun- 
nington of Tarkio, Missouri, taken in the Missouri River bottoms 
of Holt County late in the fall of 1913. One specimen has been 
taken near Lawrence (Snow). Four birds were observed in 
Saline County (two counties to the east, on the river) by L. W. 
Corder (Widmann). 
