. Oiseaux de New York . consistinghabituellement d'une paire de vieux birdsand leurs jeunes. Frequentlyla troupe se compose de 5 ou 6oiseaux; à d'autres moments de 10ou 12, ce qui me mène à croire que les vieux et les jeunes gargantla plus grande partie de la saison.tard à l'automne, ils se sont cueilleurs dans de plus grandes bandes et dans le temps après les migrations sont bien avancés, Il n'est pas inhabituel de voir des troupeaux de 15 et 20 larques à cornes des Prairies se nourrissant de togetheron des bandes ouvertes dans n'importe quelle partie du centre ou de l'ouest de New York. Le nid est dissimulé dans le pâturage ou la prairie à côté d'un nid de terre, d'un pavé ou d'un tuft
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. Birds of New York . consistingusually of a pair of old birdsand their young. Frequentlythe troop consists of 5 or 6birds; at other times of 10or 12, which leads me tobelieve that the old and theiryoung keep together duringthe greater part of the season.Late in the fall they gatherinto larger bands and in thespringtime after the migra-tions are well advanced, it isnot unusual to see flocks of 15 and 20 Prairie horned larks feeding togetheron the open flelds in any part of central or western New York. The nest isconcealed in the pasture or meadow beside a clod of earth, a cobblestone, or a tuft of grass, and consists simply of a few grasses lining the hole whichthe mother bird has scooped out in the earth, or in a depression causedby the foot of a cow or some other domestic animal, which she has roundedand lined with grasses. The eggs are almost invariably 4 in mrniber, grayish white in ground color, very thickly spotted with light brown, resembling closely the eggs of the English sparrow but more thickly and. W^S*y.- Ph to t G ^Pxciirit; uornea larics nest ana eggs gc L Lir J d> 206 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM evenly spotted and of a slightly different shape; average dimensions .85 by.63 inches. Frequently, as will be inferred from what is said above, theeggs are laid before the last severe snow storms of the season. Photographsby Professor Bailey and others which I have seen frequently show the nestthrough a round hole in the snow which is several inches deep about it.Evidently the old bird by continually sitting on the nest and raisingher head keeps it open to the sky and so preserves her eggs fromdestruction; but frequently, if the snow is deep and the temperaturesevere, the first brood is destroyed. But as soon as the weather becomespleasant again they invariably make new nests and continue until theyoung are successfully reared. This interesting little bird must be calleda beneficial species, for its food consists through the winter months almostentirely of weed s
