Lexington, Mass.
1910
June 9
(No 8)
[June 9, 1910]

Prairie Horned Larks breeding in Lexington.

  In the afternoon Faxon took us to the Golf Links
on the north side of Davis Hill where he & Dr. Tyler
have seen two pairs of Prairie Horned Larks of late
and heard them sing. They were first noticed there by
Dr. Tyler two years ago. We saw only one to-day
a typical [male] without trace of yellow on throat or lores.
He was feeding on a broad space of close cut turf
& allowed us to approach within about thirty yards.
We had him under observation for ten or fifteen
minutes. During this time he made no sound nor did
he call when he finally took wing and flew to a
distant part of the grounds. A number of people
were playing golf at the time & small parties of them
passed near the spot where he was feeding without
disturbing him. There can be no question of course
that the Larks are breeding here, probably in one or another
of the patches of uncut but very scanty grass scattered over the bare hills.