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"The parent birds were very bold and perched within two feet of the 

 nest while I was examining it, continually uttering their clear piping call 

 and ruffing the feathers on their heads into a small crest. The female 

 sat very close and almost allowed herself to be touched before flying." — 

 John E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass, 



The Prairie Horned Lark a Summer Resident in Connecticut. — In 

 'The Auk,' Vol. XXII, July, 1905, I reported having secured a pair of 

 Prairie Horned Larks (Otocoris alpestris praticola) on May 25, 1905, at 

 Litchfield, Conn., which were undoubtedly breeding birds and which 

 made the first breeding record for Connecticut. Though no nest has yet 

 been found, there can be no question but that these birds are regular 

 summer residents in the vicinity of Litchfield, and not rare, for they have 

 since been seen quite often both by my cousin, Mr. Harrison Sanford, 

 and myself during the months of April, May, June, July, and August on 

 several of the high ridges in the vicinity of the village. — E. Seymour 

 Woodruff, Litchfield, Conn. 



The Bobolink in Colorado. — The migration and nesting of the Bobo- 

 link (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) , which visits certain portions of Colorado, 

 has always been of no little interest to bird fanciers and students. 



The Bobolink was first seen by myself in Rio Blanco County, near 

 Meeker, the county seat, in the late spring and early summer of 1905. I 

 have found them in three localities about six miles apart and in each 

 instance in a low or marshy place, usually six or eight in a place. They 

 are quite quiet if the day is cloudy and could easily be overlooked, but 

 should the sun suddenly appear the birds almost as suddenly fly into the 

 air singing their beautiful little song on the wing. On bright sunshiny 

 days I have always found them in the three places referred to above, viz., 

 Cool Creek, Wilber Ranch, and Harp Ranch on White River. I have 

 never seen the bird in any other place in Rio Blanco County than the three 

 mentioned above. — F. H. Hopkins, Meeker, Col. 



Probable Breeding of the White-throated Sparrow in Connecticut. — 



On June 26, 1906, while tramping through a spruce swamp near Bantam 

 Lake, Litchfield, Conn., I was surprised to hear the song of the white- 

 throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). I soon found and secured the 

 bird, a male. The date and the fact that the testes were much enlarged 

 makes it almost certain that this bird was breeding there, and if so, the 

 first breeding record for Connecticut. I searched for sometime in hopes 

 of finding his mate and clinching the record, but that I did not find her 

 was not surprising considering the denseness of the thickets of spruce and 

 larch. — E. Seymour Woodruff, Jr., Litchfield, Conn. 



A New Song. — Several years ago, at Lakewood, New Jersey, I saw a 

 small bird in the top of a maple on First Street which was singing a song 

 entirely new to me. It was unmusical and very simple, but earnest and 



