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ae sii Clerk of the Courts, 
Sprinatiela, Mags. 
March 4th, 1898, 
Dear Sir: 
There were four specimens of 
the horned lark taken here, all of which 
were preserved. I am going out of town 
this noon for a few days and on my return 
will try and arrange to have you see one. 
The starlings do not increase very 
rapidly in New York where they seem to be 
established. I should think they would 
be less likely to in Massachusetts, than 
there. The rough-legged hawk has oc- 
curred here in diminishing numbers for 
a dozen years or so, until this season 
when they seem to have increased. 
They and the short-eared owl are very 

