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above, white below; notched; crown black; fore¬ 
head yellow; neck dusky, bill large and strong; 
yellow; primaries black; streak across them 
white; secondaries white; legs, very short; 
track about the size of a bluejay's. It hops. 
One flew up and settled in an old English 
sparrow’s nest and squatted down out of the wind. 
About 4 or 5 of the flock were bright males. 
One or two others we re turning, The rest were 
females and young. They were dusky when the 
males were yellow. 
They went on the ground and fed on seeds. 
They showed the white on the wings while flying. 
They were very pretty. I then went into the 
hotel to get warm. Y.'hen I came out the one in 
the nest was still there. Jim and I went all 
around that part of town hunting for them but 
could not find them. Went down home and got 
warm. A bluejay screamed at us and dim got up 
within two rods of it. Just then I gave the 
alarm note t el-ea and it flew off. 
After dinner Glint Hanger and I went down 
in the field to study prarie horned larks. Heard 
one sing and looked away off for it and climbed 
over a fence and then had to come back for there 
it was just a few feet away hunting for seeds. I 
not iced the track after it flew off and it was 
curious to see it. It stepped about Z-l/z or 
3 inches. V/e followed it over to a yard below 
Hacketts.where it found its mate, '•‘■heir backs 
were greyish brown, penciled with fuscus, and 
vinaceGLous, belly white; lower breast dotted 
with fuscus. Upper breast with a blackish streak 
across it, sides vinaceaous, line from bill to 
eye and extending to ear black. Fore part of 
crown black; half ring on neck black. Tuft of 
feather on each side of the head black. Crown 
greyish olive, tail blackish; outer half of outer 
tail feather white, outer vane of primaries 
f uscous. One flew off and when it came back it 
was greeted with a seep b y the other. Once 
when we got to near one uttered anote and the 
^her got all ready to fly. Then we went home. 
