ulti. 



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collar.--! lon^spm- off it- n.--t itml five c^'s Th 



1..M.I.-.I 'ii purpl' 



\\ ith purplish I. lack. Tin- in-- 1 nilartot 



I 'ln.-<l jjraNN ami 1'iiilt un.i.-r tin- -!.- it. i 

 irraaB. 1 als, i foiinl a tin- \vt- 



_j-l l.untin: : it was siim! r .)' th. 



ppnr. 'I'll.- f^rx in,- jiinkisli \\liit.' sj,,,ttt-.| with uinlH-r 



n. I a i-i- lai^.-r (li. l' tli.- r-li.-sfmit <-..|lan--l 1 



spur. Tliis littl- liir-l siu^s a pleasant niiiff as 



the flon goes down, and i- t'a\.nu-it.- <>\ th- ! 



'ial.il >(' flitting al-m^ tin- trail- in 



ali^htin^ .\.-iv ir-1-. I 



-parn\v-ha\vkx in tin- MuH's. Tln-v in-st in. 



lllil \V(MH|p t-ck'-l- hn|'-. ( i..lli-H \\ ill^i-il U.MM)] 



common. 



I tlii-h.-.la -mall liinl from tin- rMit of a Lush ami foiin-l it- 

 n.--t au.l l.'iir .-^ri:-. Th-y wi-n- unknown to m.-. l.ut tunn-.l 

 out to be - ^[.ai-i-MU Th.-v an- ].inky 



\vhit-. tiiu-ly sprcklt-d with jiali- Knuvn. an-1 at th>- lar^--t mo! 

 th'-v lia\- -jM.ts of .lark uniKfr lirowu. Tln-sri--. ; ..ut 



tin- -am tin- cli.-stnut-c..llai-.-l |..n^ s piir. a 



- ma. I.- of .Iri.-.l gram anl 1-uilt 



amongst tin- ^ra.ss ;rowiii^ at tin- r- -t "t a lnish in a -wainpy 

 lonof tin- Mutf. T! f ttii- -(..<!,- an- v.-ry i-are. 



I tlush"<l s.-\,-ial .-harj.-taili-.l ^nmsi- an-1 at last fnimla 

 t'.nut.-. i tin- point of hatching. it was l>uilt 



uni*T a l.u-h. ami consist. ! ..f a hollow in tin- ^rouinl lim-<| 

 with ^ras,s an<l ; Tin- prairir in th! 



flat, aii'l tin- Mutts of j.int- ami a-p.-n -tanl '>nt lik.- i-lan-ls 

 suiToun,|.-l with .-xj.ansfs .f .lainj> prairi.-. 



Th.- I. luff's swarm with 1-inl life. an. I this i- alnuii th.- tin- -t 

 country "ii. coull iina^in. . H.-r- the ornithologist can \' 

 1- r along all <lay an. I n.-\.-r t'.-.-l lon.-ly. Th.-r.- is al\v 

 ]il.-nty to int.-r.--t him. In the Mutt 'iin<l all kin. 



llaii'l liinls. such JLS l>lack-l.illcl cuckM.s. shrikes, k 

 l>ir<l- i-oliins. ^nackles, \ in warl'l.-r- winnlpeck 



