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SO that the rim was about lev^el with the surface. It seemed 

 very compactly woven together. The altitude of the location 

 was about 1500 feet. Seven days later the young had weathered 

 a severe easterly rain-storm and were well feathered. On the 

 30th they had left the nest, and two were seen in the field. 

 Other nestings in farmers' fields have come to my knowledge, 

 discovered also in the work of cultivating the planted ground. 



Prairie Horned Larks have been seen on the grounds of the 

 Mt. Washington Hotel during the past six seasons, both adult 

 and immature birds, the flock sometimes numbering a dozen 

 and once twenty birds. They have been seen in Randolph in 

 two different localities four miles apart. 



The song is often heard from a bird on the ground and has 

 been many times enjoyed from one high in the air, as for several 

 minutes it has maintained its altitude and poured forth its bub- 

 bling notes. I am informed by my assistant that some birds 

 appear as earlj^ as February and are then seen feeding in the 

 roads like the House Sparrows. They are generally seen on 

 ploughed ground and have seldom been observed upon fields 

 covered with old sod. On the Mt. Washington Hotel grounds 

 they walk over the closely-shaven turf of the golf-links. As 

 immature birds are commonly seen with adult birds in earl)' 

 June and nestings occur in late June, it seems probable that 

 two broods are often raised. Some individuals continue to be 

 observed up to early October in some seasons. In other years 

 September 20, or thereabouts, is the date of their departure. 



93. Cyanocitta cristata cristata. Bi.ue Jay. 



A permanent resident in moderate numbers and a fall mi- 

 grant. The birds are very quiet during much of the summer, 

 especially during July, and are then little observed. In the 

 autumn they are gathered in smaller or larger flocks. These 

 flocks, numbering from a dozen to a hundred birds, are seen 

 occupying pieces of woodland or moving across open areas, 

 passing by short flights from tree to tree. These migratory 



