Breeding of the Shore Lark in Western New York. — My atten- 
tion has been drawn to John M. Howey’s note in the January number of 
the Bulletin (Vol. Ill, p. 40), on the breeding of the Shore Lark ( Eremo - 
phila alpestris) in Western New York. For the past two years this bird 
has been quite common in our locality, and on June 6, 1876, it was my 
good fortune to find a nest and. eggs of this species. The nest was placed 
on the ground in nursery rows of young apple-trees, and was composed 
of dried grasses very loosely put together. It contained four eggs, which 
were blown with difficulty, the embryo being about one third developed. 
During the past season several pairs remained with us all summer, but I 
was unable to find their nests. — H. T. Jones, Rochester, N. Y. 
BuaN.O.O. 3, Oct., 1878, p. /ff. 
Birds of the Adirondack Region 
C.B.Merriaaj, * n ’ 
89. Eremophila alpestris (. Forster ) Boie. Shore Lark. — Rare, but 
becoming more common. Breeds on the sandy fields along the western 
border of the wilderness and probably at other localities. 
Bull, N, 0.0, 9 , Oct, 1881 , p, 233 
The First Nest and Eggs of Eremophila alpestris found in Niagara 
County, N. Y. — If there is one nest which I have looked for more than for 
another, it is the nest of the Horned Lark. From early in March till late 
in May, for the past five years, I have searched in vain. On the 17th 
of June, 1884, while collecting in the town of Porter, Niagara County, 
I was fortunate in securing the coveted prize. I was in company with 
a young farmer, and, as we were returning from our forenoon’s tramp, he 
asked what bird it was, with a black throat, which he saw early in the 
morning and late in the afternoon, running in the road, and which breeds 
three times a year. I asked him if it ran or hopped, and how he knew 
it bred three times a year. He answered that it always ran, and that 
he had seen young birds in April, June, and August. I told him that it 
undoubtedly was the Horned Lark, which was getting to be quite common 
in this vicinity, and also added, “Have you ever found its nest?” He did 
not know with certainty, but thought he knew where there was one, and 
took me to it. Phe nest was built in the side of a manure heap in 
the field, and contained four fresh eggs. I secured the male bird only, 
not having time to secure the fenfale. But I was content to get what" I 
did; and I know that I am safe in saying it is the first nest and eggs of 
E. alpestris secured in Niagara County, and think I might also include 
Orleans County. A week later the yoiftig man sent me a young bird alive, 
just fi om a nest, which 1 killed and sent to Dr. A. K. Fisher, who pro- 
nounced it ‘a jewel.’ I secured a number of young birds in July, but did 
not succeed in finding any August broods; and but for the assertion of 
my young friend that he had seen them in that month, I should not 
have expected to find them; but I am quite certain that I saw birds after 
the 5th of July that were breeding.— J. L. Davison, Lockport , N. Y. 
Auk, 2, April, 1386, p, ^ /"J - X/S'’ 
.Winter Notes from Stephento-wn N "S" 
Benjamin Hoag, ’ * * 
A flock of 
twenty Horned Larks, the true Alpestris, 
were seen February 5. 
O. & O. Vol. 18, Jan. 1893 
Breeding of the Shore Lark in Western New York. The 
Shore Lark ( Eremophila alpestris ) is common during October, Novem- 
ber, the latter part of February, and March, and occasionally a speci- 
men is seen in April, but on May 29, 1876, I observed a bird of this 
species, with a worm in its bill, fly into a meadow, and on June 111 found 
an old bird accompanied by three young ones, in a highway adjoining. 
The young were just able to fly. A flock, mostly composed of young 
birds, was seen on some ploughed land, September 1, 1876. I do not 
know of a previous instance of this bird’s nesting in this State. — John 
M. Howey, Canandaigua , N. Y. 
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