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Bethel Maine.
1909.
June 1.
1909
June 1
Margaret Herrick, a bright girl 13 years of age, tells me Prairie
Horned
Lark.
that Mrs. Rowe has formed a bird class Here.
in the village. On the outskirts
of the village,
of it,
in a sandy field to the eastward to the group of pitch pines the members
of this class were shown a Prairie Horned Lark last Saturday, May 29th.
It was so tame they got within a few feet of it. Margaret saw it and
seems certain of its identity. It had been seen there before for a
week or more.