poten KniGuT, The Horned Larks of Maine. 373 
County, in the spring of 1892 or 1893 by Prof. A. L. Lane, in 
whose collection it now is. Another seeming male was taken 
near Monson, Piscataquis County, by Wallace Homer and is at 
present in his collection. This gives a total of twelve specimens 
from six localities, and is evidence enough to prove the regular 
occurrence of /ratico/a in the State as a visitor in late winter and 
early spring. The chances are that a majority if not all the birds 
in the flock seen by Mr. Mead were of this subspecies. The 
nearest to the coast at which it is positively known to occur is 
Bucksport, situated on the Penobscot River, and consequently we 
may safely call these interior specimens. 
I have seen only nine examples of a/festris from interior local- 
ities. Six were from Monson, Piscataquis County, and were 
sent to me by Wallace Homer. One of these was in the flesh, 
and as it was taken the first week in May I can cite it as a speci- 
men taken at the latest date in the spring on which I have ever 
known the species to occur. A specimen in the collection of 
George A.-Boardman of Calais, Washington County, one from A. 
R. Pike of Auburn, and one taken near Lewiston, Androscoggin 
County, by E. E. Johnson, are all the interior taken specimens 
which have come to my knowledge. I have personally examined 
all the specimens above recorded. 
With the above evidence we may safely assert that praticola is 
the predominating form of the interior, in the spring at least. 
Whether it breeds or not I am unable to say, but at present it 
seems to have been taken only in the month of March. Although 
Horned Larks have been seen near Bangor and elsewhere in the 
late fall, I have been unable to learn of any fall specimens from 
the State being preserved in any collections, and consequently 
would not care to express an opinion regarding the identity of 
the birds that occur in fall. 
As regards coast specimens of a/estris, Mr. Norton informs me 
that he has in his collection a number of Cumberland County 
specimens, and as he has been looking for fra?ico/a in vain near 
Westbrook, Portland, and Scarboro, the chances are that it occurs 
there rarely if at all. He informs me that Mr. Rackliff of Spruce 
Head, Knox County, has also been looking for fraticola (at his 
request) but in vain so far. 
