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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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t ofwithered grass at the same time, to search for the few seeds that may yet beprocured around or beneath it, and all the while uttering a repetition ofchirps, in a rather low and plaintive accent. When on wing, to which theyresorted after each discharge of the gun, or when nearly approached, theyformed into compact bodies, wheeled and cut to and fro through the air, nowhigh, now low, in the manner of Larks, alighting suddenly, and perhapsimmediately flying off again to renew their curious evolutions. At timesflocks composed of hundreds would settle on the top-rails of fences, or onthe lower large branches of the trees in the fields; but on such occasionsthey appeared as much discontented as the Snow Buntings are, when theyalso alight on trees, fences, or houses. The Lapland Longspur visits the neighbourhood of Louisville in Ken-tucky almost every year, but seldom appears when the weather is notintensely cold. I found it also in the vicinity of St. Genevieve in Missouri; fc 5 v ESS ^
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LAPLAND LARK-BUNTING. 51 and it seems surprising that none were observed near the Columbia river byMr. Townsend. The best account of this species, as observed in the northern latitudes ofAmerica where it breeds, is that given by Dr. Richardson, in-the FaunaBoreali-Americana. After stating that it is common in the northern regionsof both continents, he says:—I never met with this species in the interiorof the Fur Countries during winter, and I suspect that its principal retreatsin that season are on the borders of Lakes Huron and Superior, and inthe country extending to the westward on the same parallel. In the year1S27, it appeared on the plains at Carlton House, about the middle of May,in very large flocks, among which were many Shore Larks (Maudaalpestris) and a few individuals of Emberiza picta. During their stay often or twelve days, they frequented open spots, where recent fires haddestroyed the grass. They came to Cumberland House a few days later inthe same season, and there

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