The Prairie Horned Lark ( Otocons alpestns praticola) on Mount 
Washington, N. H. — I have lately spent thirteen days (July 7-19, 1905) 
at the summit of Mount Washington, where I was surprised to find two 
Prairie Horned Larks at home in or near what is known as the Cow Pas- 
ture, a comparatively level, sedgy, boulder-besprinkled place far above the 
tree line. One or both of the birds was seen and heard daily (usually twice 
a day — forenoon and afternoon) up to the 16th. On two occasions one 
was seen with its mandibles loaded with what seemed to be insects, and 
in general their behavior was such as to make it all but certain that they 
were breeding near by; but all my attempts to find -the nest were unsuc- 
cessful. On the 1 8th and 19th I failed to see them, perhaps because on 
both days an extremely high wind was sweeping across the ‘ pasture.’ 
Possibly they had been driven away, with their young, by the sight and 
sound (and smell) of the racing automobiles, which from the 16th to the 
19th had possession of the mountain road ! The species has been recorded 
from several valleys in the White Mountain region, but, so far as I know, 
not from Mount Washington or any similar locality. — Bradford Tor- 
REY, Wellesley Hills , Mass. 
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