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NEST AND EGGS OF PRAIRIE FALCON IN SANDSTONE CRANNY 



ducking, and he probably enjoyed sufficiently the bellow of mingled fear 

 and rage which he was able with each threat to elicit from the larger birds. 



The flight of the Prairie Falcon is always easy and graceful, being 

 oftenest accomplished by a succession of short wing-beats alternating 

 with a sail. The bird mounts rapidly, and if intent on distant hunting 

 grounds, is, because of its light coloration, soon lost to eye. It is hardly 

 possible to exaggerate the swiftness of the Falcon's flight through com- 

 parison with that of any other bird. I should say that the White- 

 throated Swift alone excels it. 



While jogging along through a little "coulee" in northern Washington 

 my horse almost stepped on a Meadowlark which rose and immediately 



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