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[since 1896] and I should call it an abundant summer resident.” 
Another recent record for the southern border of Quebec is 
that of Mouseley (1916), who found the Prairie Horned Lark 
breeding at Hatley, Stanstead County, for the first time in 
April, 1915, 
The Larks of Quebec nesting north of the Saint Lawrence 
River seem to be Otocoris alpestris alpestris (Lewis, 1921). 
And Townsend (1923) has recently shown that this form breeds 
south of the Saint Lawrence Bay on the Gaspe Peninsula. 
Mr. P. A. Taverner, in a letter to the writer dated June 2, 1927, 
gives the following information relative to the birds of the 
North Shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Magdalen 
Islands: ‘‘Praticola has been generally assumed to be the Mag- 
dalen Island bird, but we have well-marked alpestris (appar- 
ently breeding), along with others from there that agree as 
well with hoyti as with praticola. Of course an intermediate 
between praticola and alpestris, carrying the colors of the for- 
mer and the size of the latter might well be indistinguishable 
from hoyti and probably that is what these birds are. If a deci- 
Sion is necessary it is best perhaps to say that the birds of the 
Magdalens and the North shore of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence 
are O. a. praticola intergrading with O. a. alpestris. 
New Brunswick, Moore (1903) gives the most extensive 
account of the first occurrence in this province. He says: “It 
has been known for some years that Prairie Horned Larks bred 
in New Brunswick as several times the old birds had been 
observed feeding the young.” The first nest was found spring 
of 1902. It contained four eggs. He gives the following addi- 
tional material: On Mount Keswick, May 26, 1898, a pair was 
observed with actions of breeding birds. On July 9, 1895, an 
adult Lark was noted feeding two young. a 
Prince Edward Island. Klugh (1921) noted the Prairie 
Horned Lark as ‘‘common in the fields’’. 
Nova Scotia. Mr. R. W. Tufts, Federal Migratory Bird 
Officer of the Maritime Provinces, who established the first breed- 
ing record for Nova Scotia, has, most kindly, supplied me with 
information regarding the status of the Prairie Horned Lark 
in this province and others under his jurisdiction. Because of 
the value of this communication it will be quoted in full: 
‘On September 2, 1918, two Prairie Horned Larks were seen 
