. Bird lore . n FairfieldCounty, Connecticut. On March 25, I heard of a nest con-taining four eggs which had been foundin Great Plain district, Danbury, by MissXeSands, a bright school-girl of fourteenyears, who is very much interested inbirds. I visited the nest on the next after-noon and was very much surprised to findit a nest of the Prairie Horned Lark. The nest, a neat and well-made struc-ture of fine, soft dead grass, was placedin a hollow, caused by the removal of asmall stone, on the gravelly western slope of a large round-topped sandhill. To thenorthwest from the foot of the hill stre
. Bird lore . n FairfieldCounty, Connecticut. On March 25, I heard of a nest con-taining four eggs which had been foundin Great Plain district, Danbury, by MissXeSands, a bright school-girl of fourteenyears, who is very much interested inbirds. I visited the nest on the next after-noon and was very much surprised to findit a nest of the Prairie Horned Lark. The nest, a neat and well-made struc-ture of fine, soft dead grass, was placedin a hollow, caused by the removal of asmall stone, on the gravelly western slope of a large round-topped sandhill. To thenorthwest from the foot of the hill stretchesa small valley with an old cornfield andpasture lot. No houses can be seen fromthe immendiate vicinity of the nest,although there are several just over thesurrounding hills. On the morning of March 27, Mr. Judd, of Bethel, and Mr. Jesse C. , of Danbury, went with me to thenest in order to establish the identity ofthe birds beyond all possible doubt, butwere very much disappointed to find that. XEST OF PRAIRIE HORNED LARKPhotographed by Robert S. Judd three of the eggs had hatched during thenight. I was unable to visit the nest again untilApril 6, and was very fortunate to find oneof the young still at home, although hewas perfectly able and willing to fact, after I first took him from the nest,he would make a break for liberty as fastas his legs could carry him every time Iput him down. Once I let him run just tosee what would happen. He went abouta rod, then crouching close to the groundremained perfectly still until I put myhand over him, seeming to have greatfaith in his protective coloration. It wasindeed remarkable how well the grayish 130 Bird - Lore brown-tipped black feathers of his backmatched the general tone of the sidehill. The old birds were somewhat shy,never coming nearer than thirty or fortyfeet, excepting once when the young onecalled while I was holding him; then thefemale lit for a moment on the groundwithin a few feet and showed al
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