\,,,'lt,-\\'.-*t < .,1 



me i8<x>mpoeed of dead dried gra.ss lined with the top 



''! nest W88 flush with tin- surrounding sand. In tin- 



collected .him- 14th. I.SMI. th- 'most a,s large- as 



those o| th.- KurojM-an skylark t They have 



y ground, mottled all over with oli\ . l.r >\\ n ;in<l lilac. 



Th.-y resemble in si/,- the eggs of tin shore lark from bipland. 



and when compared with se\.-ra|sefs .,( tin- prairie-horned 



lark fnnii Iowa and Minnesota, it is at once seen that th.-y are 



considerably larger. As there are a number of geographical 



of th- "hop- lark: then- luusalways U-ni an unci-rtainty 



in their i-lnititiration ami hiv'ling ranges. 



\\"-- can-fully j)ackf.l tin- eggs of the |iallil-lirn-.| lark ami 

 the two cowltinls, ami walked tdong th.- l..-ach of the lake to- 

 \\anls a place where avosets Wei-.- \.-ry numerous. l,m w.- 

 \\.-re unalil- t<> find a single nest. \Ve shot a pair of avowets, 

 ami lat.-r on. a small sandpiper, unknown to me, but which 

 turned out to be the least sandpiper, trin;/<t ininnfilln. As w.- 

 i wards saw s-veral othei-s around tlie lake, we concludel 

 they were breeding, hut unless these small sandpipers are 

 Hushed of}' their nests, the .-ggs are difficult tx> find. A set of 

 four f^s. collected in L-il>rador. .lum- 2<)th. Is^T are luiti'y 

 drali. sjM,tt-l with brown ami purple grey, they average in 

 This bird is also known as the American stint, 

 .lohn shot a curlew and two avosets, and the report of his gun 

 CMJS v.-ller to fly from a patch of marsh grass to the 



lake. Aft.-r some time we found its nest of down and nine 

 greyish luiH-coloiired eggs. They W.T.- slightly incubated. 



Our companion, with his team of horses, had found a suit- 

 able 1- -tinu r -place, eo he took out the horses and gave them a 

 drink; and when we arrived, we decided it was lunch-time. 

 as our long drive over the prairie had made our appetites ke.-n. 

 ied our hunger with antelope sandwiches, fruit 

 pies and milk. _:>in to rain, we t.n.k shelter under the 



l>uckl>ard. but the shower was soon over, so John and I set 

 to explore the lake while our companion, the farm manag- 

 aid he felt like having a sleep, so \\,- left him. as v 

 too much interested in the surroundings to think of napping. 



