t>*< Caw/./". I ': 



trifling enlargement <>t' ti ' the fabric in 



the effort to s,-nd tli-- finger t<> tin- l-ottom of tin- m-st. is unit-- 



-uiheient to cause the nest to be deserted. The numl-r of 



laiil is from si \ t< > . i_'ht They an- dear white, with a 



'in.- sj,, -,-ks of l.r. >\\ n at th- larger end. Tlii.s littlt- bird 



\verful BOtlg, ami I have heard it at L.rm- I'ark.im the 



shore of Lake Ontario, \sh.-re tin- l>ird is a summer ivsi: 



Tlii> l>irl has a lial-it of wiinlin^ in ai^l out ainoilgKt the roots 



oj- 1. ranch's of a fallrn tiv-, sin^in^ lustily all tin- \\hilt- ami 



\\li.-n I li.ai it- -.nu r I can fancy I am a^ain in Yorkshire 



Kn^laii'l. \vli-r- tin- hinl.s an- nniiinon. 



Seme Ani.-rican oniithologistK c.msiil.-r tin- \\ int-r \\ i 

 l-rown creeper,golden-cn)WiH'il kin^li-t. short --are<l owl, marsh 

 hawk, ami many oth.-r -< t -tinct \ari'-ti'-s of tin- Kuro- 



pean forms; l.nt in many casrs tin- <lilt'. -r- . -..slight that 



ti\i- out of BU ornithologists of on Unary acuteness ami t-xjM-ri- 



aiv nnal.lc to n-ily listin^uish any litl'.-i- 



l-t\v.-.-n American ami Kuroi>-an i-xani|les. h is a question 

 if tl, .ythin^ i m-il l.y naming i-aces Iistin^uish- 



al-le only l.y e\|.erts, ai.lc.l l.y a lai'LT'- amount of specimens. 



( )f lat- years then- has been at-mlem-\ : ;ict, 



ami forms are bein^' naim-il which, five years ago, wouM have 

 iv,| t MI slightly ilitl'eivntiated to n-ijuin- r-n^ni- 

 tion. Take the shore lark for instance; how tliisl.ini is 1 

 li\i'le.l. At the j.i-es, m time there are supposed t 

 close upon a >\/.<-i\ varieties in North America. The B! 

 lark "f Kuroj..- differs as much in plumage us the American 

 l.inl. Those which l.n-eil in southern KurojK- ditfrr somewhat 

 from others which nest in northern Kuroj.e ami L-iplaml, 

 climatic influences making a ilitfen-nce in their plumage, l>ut 

 KurojH-an ornithologists apparently lo m>t consider this siif- 

 ut grounds f,.r naming om- the northern shore lark, ami 

 the other the southern ; they evidently consider there is noth- 

 ing to U- gained by so much sul. -dividing and Hplitting. and 

 it is a .ju.-stion whether American ornithologists are not becom- 

 ing too exact, and if we go ,-n sul. -dividing and sub-dividing it 

 will soon become a troublesome question as to what IB a 



