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     with yellow, and sometimes entirely white, L, 7-25; ~- \\',y 4-os; ’1‘_y 22ml; 1;, 
     
     from N., ‘37 ” (Dwight ). 
     
    

    
     [Maya—Breeds in the upper Mississippi Valley eastward through New 
     
     York to Western Massaehuwtts and Long Island. 
     
    

    
     \Vashington. eonnnon W, \X, Net. 2.3 to Apl. 
     
    

    
     This is one of the birds that has changed its ‘ange since the settle- 
     
     ment of America. It is properly a species of the prairies and open 
     
     barrens, but since the om-e-eontinuous forest of the older States and 
     
     provinces has been broken up. it 
     
     has made its appea 'ance in the east, 
     
     wherever the country is suited to 
     
     its requirements. y; 
     
    

    
     It is strictly a ground bird. never 
     
     perehing on trees, though it coni- 
     
     nionly alights on the top of a fence 
     
     post or other low. level surface. 
     
     When encountered on a pathway it 
     
     often runs before the pedestrian. 
     
     after the manner of the Vesper 
     
     Sparrow, from which bird, however, 
     
     it may be distinguished by the 
     
     black feathers in its tail, by its chocolate baek.and by the black marks 
     
     on its face; also by the fact that it runs. but does not 110]), and when 
     
     it flies it usually utters a whistle. whereas the Vesper Sparrow invari- 
     
     ably {lies off in silence. 
     
    

    
     Its chief song is poured forth in the air as it soars aloft. like a Sky- 
     
     lark: but it often utters this same song while perched on some elod or 
     
     stone, especially just before dawn and after sunset. as well as in the 
     
     springtime, while the snow is yet on the ground—PIKNI-zsr E. Tumtrsox. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     FIG. TG=Prairie Horned Lark. (Nat- 
     
     ural size.) 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Et'itorrtAN erminrs .479“ Alum/r1 III-1w Mavis) have been introduced several 
     
     times in this eountry. In 15m“ a small eolon)‘ had beeonie established near 
     
     Flatbusll, Long Island, where a nest with young was found. (See Duteher, 
     
     Auk. “1558. p. 184).) At'ter a supposed extinetion a singing’ bird and nest 
     
     Were observed in July. IMF). (St-e l’roetor, Auk. xii. ()ett, loud.) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     FAMILY CORVIDJE. GROWS, JAYS, ETC. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The (.'IH‘L'I}/re are represented in all parts of the world except New 
     
     Zealand. They number about two hundred speeies, of which twenty- 
     
     Ii\'e are found in North Ameriea. 
     
    

    
     Uur (‘rows and Jays inhabit, wooded regions. and. although migra- 
     
     tory to a limited extent. are resident throughout the year, exeept at 
     
     the, northern limits of their range. They are omnivorous feeders. 
     
     taking fruits, seeds} insects, eggs. nestlings. etc.