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Prairie Horned Lark (con.)

Lapland Longspur

585. Pipilo maculatus arcticus

586 Zonotrichia Leucophrys gamellii

587. Zonotrichia querula

588 Sturnella magna

Arctic Towhee

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had been burnt over. When I shot they all began to circle around and I soon saw there were more Lapland Longspurs than Larks. I shot one of them. They all circled around me with a wavy flight, now near the ground and again higher up.

November 29 Tuesday.

585. Pipilo maculatus articus. A. Wetmore. Verdigris River near R.R. Bridge. Independence Kan. iris red. maxilla dusky. base of mandible horn. rest greenish slate. tarsus dull brown. Length 8 wing 3 1/2 tail 3 5/8 [[male symbol]] ad stomach contents. seeds.

586.  Zonotrichia leucophrys [[strikethrough]] intermedia [[/strikethrough]] gamelii. A. Wetmore. Field near cemetery, Independence Kan. iris brown. bill reddish white. tarsus very pale cinnamon. Length 6 7/8 wing 3 5/16 tail 2 3/4 [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents seeds.

587.  Zonotrichia querula. A. Wetmore. Verdigris River near R.R. Bridge. Independence Kan. iris brown. bill warm brown. tarsus pale brown. Length 7 1/8 wing 3 1/2 tail 3 1/16 [[male symbol]] im. stomach contents seeds.

588. Sturnella magna. A. Wetmore. Field near cemetery, Independence Kan. iris brown. tip of bill dull brown. maxilla ^[[dull]] reddish brown. mandible dull white. tarsus pale brown. Length 9 3/4 wing 4 7/8 tail 3 [[male symbol]] im stomach contents. seeds.

This afternoon I went down along the river again. Along the creek I heard a strange call between the mew of Catbird and the [[underlined]] Kra [[/underlined]] of a