84 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



was successfully introduced on the island of Mont- 

 real, but were all shot off by pot-hunters. 



151. Prairie Horned Lark. (Shore Lark.) O. al- 



pestris praticola. (Hensh.) 



"Summer Resident," common. This species is 

 found plentiful here during the spring months and 

 in the autumn till November ; but I believe they 

 winter south of this province, as I have not met 

 with them between the months of November and 

 February. They have been found breeding here be- 

 fore the winter's snow has melted off the ground. 

 I shot three males and one female specimen March 

 19, 1888, on the city river ice-dump, and which 

 were kindly identified by Win. Brewster, Esq., of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. I also shot a male specimen the same 

 year on May 24th, and saw several at Laprairie. 

 This species closely resembles the preceding one, 

 but the plumage is paler coloured. For a number 

 of years past a few pairs of larks used to breed on 

 the highlands above Hochelaga. but unfortunately 

 I could not procure a specimen of them, so as to be 

 able to fully identify the species breeding. 



Family Corvidce. Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc. 



Subfamily Gfarrulince. Magpies and Jays. 



G-enus Pica. Cuvier. 



152. American Magpie. P. pica hudsonica. (Sab.) 

 " Accidental Visitant," rare. The habitat of this 



