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lor); " Eastern North America, to the plains " (Goss); Omaha— breeds (L. Skow); 

 Peru, rare— may breed (G. A. Coleman); Omaha, "a common summer resi- 

 dent " (L S. Trostler). 



467. Empidonax minimus Baird. — Least Flycatcher. 



West Point, Omaha (L. Bruner); " Rather common in Nebraska, and occa- 

 sionally breeds in northeastern portion of the state" (Aughey); " Migratory, 

 common; summer resident, occasional" (Taylor); "West to the Yellowstone 

 river and base of Rocky mountains in Colorado" (Goss); Omaha — breeds (L. 

 Skow); "a rare summer visitor, one taken Aug. 2, 1892 " (L S. Trostler). 



Family ALAUDID.^.— Larks. 

 474. Otocoris alpestris (i^imi.). — Horned Lark; Shore Lark. 



West Point, Lincoln, Omaha, etc. (L. Bruner); "A winter resident in Kan- 

 sas and Dakota, and probably Nebraska" (Taylor); Coviugton, Nebr. (D. H. 

 Talbot). 



474a. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema {Coaes). — Pallid Horned 

 Lark; White-throated Horned Lark. 



West Point (L. Bruner); Lincoln (Aughey); Omaha— breeds (L. Skow); 

 Cherry county— breeds (J. M. Bates) ; Lincoln (F. J. Brezee, D. A. Haggard); 

 Omaha, abundant resident — breeds (L S. Trostler). 



4746. Otocoris alpestris praticola i/ens/i.— Prairie Horned 

 Lark. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln— breeds (L. Bruner); "Some seasons quite 

 abundant in eastern Nebraska" (Aughey); "Common, probably a resident " 

 (Taylor); "West to central Dakota and Kansas" (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt 

 (A. S. Pearse) ; Omaha— breeds (L. Skow); Peru— breeds, common (G. A. Cole- 

 man); Gage county — breeds (F. A. Colby); Omaha, "an abundant resident, 

 found breeding March :>:{ to .July 20 " (L S. Trostler). 



474c. Otocoris alpestris arenicola Hensh. — Desert Horned 

 Lark. 



Hat creek basin, Sidney (L. Bruner); " Resident, common " (Taylor); " Resi- 

 dent in the western to middle portion of the state" — Kansas (Goss); Omaha- 

 breeds (L. Skow); Cherry county— breeds (J. M. Bates); Sioux county, Feb. 

 18 to 26, very numerous (L. Bruner, W. D. Hunter, L. Skow). 



Family CORVID^.— Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc 



One should be unprejudiced in order to write a fiiir biography of 

 even a bird, or group of birds. To say that I am without such preju- 

 dice with reference to some of the members of the family of birds now 

 under consideration, would be a falsehood. Still, I shall endeavor to 



