EGBLER 1956 HOENCO LARK (OTOCORIS ALPINEA) April 1 Bay Farm Island, Montauk Co., N.Y. 10:35. - MEMBER OF GROUP FLUSHED HOENCO LARK & FOUND NEST. NEST ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES ACROSS X 2 INCHES DEEP LINED WITH FINE GRASS, A PIECE OF WASTE COTTON CLOTH & A FEATHER TIGERS ABOUT 3/4 X 1/2 INCH. LIGHT BROWN WITH VERY FINE BLACK BROWN SPECKS. GRASS HERE FAIRLY DRY & ONLY A COUPLE OF INCHES HIGH, GROUND WITH MANY SMALL ROCKS. April 11:45 AM. SAME NEST AS ON APRIL HAD 2 YOUNG (ABOUT 3 DAYS OLD ACCORDING TO DR MILLER) DOWN SANDY COLOR BLENDING IN WITH GRASS & SOIL AROUND NEST. INSIDE OF MOUTH ROOISH ORANGE, RIM OF MOUTH YELLOW. DR MILLER ALSO POINTED OUT SMALL FRAGMENTS OF ROCK PLACED AROUND NEST APPARENTLY TO ACT AS SOME SORT OF ARCH OR ENTRY WAY TO NEST - PERHAPS AS IN WET WEATHER WHEN PARENTS FOOT MIGHT BE WET OR MUDDY OR WHEN GROUND AROUND NEST MIGHT BE WET,