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the Provincial Museum at Regina. I do not know of any record of this 

 species having previously occurred in this Province. — H. H. Mitchell, 

 Regina, Sask. 



Prairie Horned Lark in Rhode Island in Summer. — While walking 

 on the morning of June 25, 1914, down a road through some fields bordering 

 Brightman's Pond, near Watch Hill, R. I., two birds were noticed running 

 rapidly ahead of me. Finally they stopped and dusted themselves in the 

 sand, permitting me to approach within close range by careful stalking 

 behind a fence. They proved to be Prairie Horned Larks in fine plumage, 

 the throat and sides of the head being very white. In about five minutes 

 they flew away over a stone fence, uttering the characteristic lark note, 

 but a long search failed to reveal them again. Two days later the whole 

 territory was thoroughly searched, but the birds could not be found, and 

 my hopes of finding some evidence of breeding were frustrated. The Prairie 

 Horned Lark has always been rare in Rhode Island, and I know of no other 

 summer record.— Ludlow Griscom, New York City. 



Crows Nesting on the Ground. — On a large Island at the head of 

 Lost Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan, June 10, 1913, I found several 

 Crows nesting on the ground. Some of the nests, which mostly contained 

 young, were on the ground between wild rose bushes, others placed on 

 clusters of rose and other low bushes, thus raised a few inches off the 

 ground. I might add that within a radius of twelve feet of one of these 

 Crow's nests was a Mallard's nest containing ten eggs and a Short-eared 

 Owl's with six young, of various sizes. — H. H. Mitchell, Regina, Sask. 



The Bermuda Crow.— In 'The Ibis,' April, 1914, p. 189, J. N. 

 Kennedy discusses the Bermuda Crow, alluding to the fact that Bradlee 

 and I were somewhat in doubt as to what the species might really be. He 

 rightly, I think, refers it to Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos Brehm. 

 Mr. Kennedy had before him one example from the British Museum collec- 

 tion, taken by Capt. H. Edmund, in February, 1875, which must have been 

 very soon after its introduction into the islands. This specimen he says 

 has less violet lustre on the feathers of the back than usual and was 

 possibly an immature bird. 



According to D. Webster Prentiss (Auk, 1896, p. 237), the Crow was 

 introduced into the Bermudas from the United States, some twenty years 

 before, increased rapidly and became a great nuisance, and in consequence 

 was nearly exterminated. Since that time the crow has continued to 

 exist, though in extremely small numbers in the Bermudas. 



We have in the Museum of Comparative .Zoology one adult (sex not 

 determine) specimen, No. 63727, taken for us by Prof. E. L. Mark, in the 

 autumn of 1912. This differs in no way from autumn killed crows from the 

 eastern United States. It affords the following measurements: — wing, 

 319; tail feathers, 190; tarsus, 59; culmen, 47.5 mm. This specimen 

 proves that the much discussed Bermuda Crow is Corvus brachyrhynchos 



