BIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE 61 



Lark, Prairie Horned (continued) 



Another camera was brought and she was photographed in this 

 position. 



Call no. 



Nu LdP9 A Flock Feeding. Chandlers Flats, near Geneseo Bailey 



These birds are feeding on millet heads and scattered bird 

 seed. The horned lark occasionally stays in New York all winter 

 and is always among the first of the birds to come back in the 

 spring, in February, while the snow still covers the ground. 



Longspur, Lapland {Calca7-ius lapponicus lapponicus) 



Slightly smaller than the snowflake and much darker. It 

 resembles somewhat the common house sparrow. Regarded as 

 uncommon in New York. It is a winter bird, lives entirely upon 

 the ground, and walks instead of hops. It usually associates with 

 horned larks or snow buntings. c? 6.1-6.9; $ 5.5-6 



Nu Ln7 Four Birds at Feeding Station. Ithaca. (March 11, 1916) 



Allen 



Loon, Common (Gavia immer) 



This bird is nearly three feet long and resembles the grebe. It 

 is an expert diver and pursues fish beneath the water to great 

 depths. In its mad pursuit of its prey in the Great Lakes, it is 

 frequently caught in the nets of fishermen. On the wing it 

 resembles a wild goose, but when migrating the flocks are always 

 scattered and never in the V-shaped formation. 



Nu LoC2 Nest with Two Eggs. Higley lake, Ontario Dulcher 



The nest is usually in a hollow in the sand on an island, on 

 a muskrat house or on a floating mass of debris. The eggs are 

 about the darkest of any laid by our native birds. 



Nu LoC4 Single Young Bird in Nest. Cove island, Ontario. (1912) 



Bailey 



The young are covered with black down and are able to swim 

 and dive shortly after hatching. 



