PRAIRIE HORNED LARK 



Autumn, 1892 

 June 28, 1893 



(Elmhurst) 



I SEE this beautiful bird here at inter- 

 vals through most of the year. I heard 

 one sing quite a sweet little warble from 

 the top of the fence when the ground was 

 covered deep with snow. They utter a 

 number of notes beside this warble. They 

 have a lonely sounding "peep-peep" as 

 they fly off from the road in scattering 

 flocks, and they also utter some loud sweet 

 notes, having a quality not unlike those of 

 the meadow lark, though fewer in num- 

 ber. The yellow under the bill varies 

 greatly in different individuals. In the 

 birds where the color is pale, the species 

 is probably the "Prairie" variety, the 

 others the "Horned" simply. They are 

 not at all shy, yet I have never observed 

 them venture within the confines of a 

 village. 



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