Horned Larks in Colorado Springs, Col. 



always seemed that no sooner did one get into a good pose at just the right 



spot than another pitched into him and drove him away, or else he saw 



another off to one side which needed a thrashing immediately, and away 



he would go. Feathers would 



often fly in these little conflicts, 



and I have seen partly crippled 



birds which had been hurt in 



this way. A one-legged bird 



came about for several days and 



had rather a hard time, for the 



others invariably bullied him and 



drove him away. 



I watched the various flocks 

 closely for 

 other spe- 

 cies of birds 

 especial ly 

 Longspurs, 



which as- ^ -.^^ 'i'^^ ^^m^ Wt-Wt^-*^ ^ ^"^ ^^^ o"V 



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 them on ^k. T ldiV^^BSSHP*lL^ ^^^ ^ G r a y - 



the plains, ^LAy^l^M^^^f^i/ pV^Bfe crov^ned Leuco- 



sticte, which was 

 feeding, on the 

 morning of Feb- 

 ruary 13, with' 

 a small flock of 

 Larks, just after 

 a new fall of snow. This was 

 the second time I have seen 

 the species in town, the other 

 occasion being earlier in the 

 winter, when I saw a single 

 bird on the street. 



Mr. C. E. Aiken tells me 



that in the winter of 1871, I 



think, there were large flocks 



about the town, which was 



1 do not think they very often get so far 



HORNED LARK POSES 



founded only the summer before 

 away from the mountains. 



After the first of March the weather moderated, and the Larks, all of 

 which appeared to be Desert Horned Larks, began to disappear, going out 

 on the plains again. 



