Prairie Horned Lark in Rhode Island in Summer. — While walking 
on the morning of June 25, 1914, down a road through some fields bordering 
Brightman’s Pond, near Watch Hill, R. I., two birds were noticed running 
rapidly ahead of me. Finally they stopped and dusted themselves in the 
sand, permitting me to approach within close range by careful stalking 
behind a fence. They proved to be Prairie Homed Larks in fine plumage, 
the throat and sides of the head being very white. In about five minutes 
they flew away over a stone fence, uttering the characteristic lark note, 
but a long search failed to reveal them again. Two days later the whole 
territory was thoroughly searched, but the birds could not be found, and 
my hopes of finding some evidence of breeding were frustrated. The Prairie 
Horned Lark has always been rare in Rhode Island, and I know of no other 
summer record. — Ludlow Griscom, New York City. 
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