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Otocoris alpestris alpestris (Linnaeus). Northern Homed Lark. [474.] 



A lauda alpestris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 166. Based mainly 

 on The Lark, Alauda gutture flavo Catesby, Carolina, I, 32. (in 

 America septentrionali = coast of South Carolina.) 



Range. — Breeds in Canada from Hudson Strait south to the head of James 

 Bay, Labrador, southeastern Quebec (Gaspe), and Newfoundland. Winters 

 south to the Ohio Valley and Georgia and west to Manitoba. Casual in 

 Louisiana and Bermuda; accidental in Greenland. 



Otocoris alpestris leucolaema (Coues). Desert Horned Lark. [474c.] 



Eremophila alpestris var. leucolaema Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 38, 

 39. (Fort Randall [South Dakota].) 



Range. — Breeds from southern Alberta to Nevada, northern New Mexico, 

 and western Texas. Winters south to southeastern California, northern 

 Low^er California, Chihuahua, and Sonora. 



Otocoris alpestris praticola Henshaw. Prairie Homed Lark. [4746.] 



Otocorys alpestris praticola Henshaw, Auk, I, No. 3, July, 1884, 264. 

 (Mt. Carmel and Richland Co., 111., and Gainesville, Texas = Richland 

 County, Illinois.) 

 Range. — Breeds from southern Manitoba and south-central Quebec to 

 eastern Kansas, central Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, and Con- 

 necticut. Winters south to Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida (rarely), 

 and casually to Arizona and Colorado. 



Otocoris alpestris giraudi Henshaw. Texas Horned Lark. [474d.] 



Otocorys alpestris giraudi Henshaw, Auk, I, No. 3, July, 1884, 266. 

 (Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Texas = Corpus Christi.) 



Range. — Coast of Texas and Tamaulipas from Galveston Bay to a little 

 south of the Rio Grande. 



Otocoris alpestris strigata Henshaw. Streaked Homed Lark. [474g'.] 



Otocorys alpestris strigata Henshaw, Auk, I, No. 3, July, 1884, 267. (Ft. 

 Steilacoom, Puget Sound, and Yuba Co., California = Fort Steilacoom, 

 Washington.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Pacific coast belt of Washington and Oregon west of 

 the Cascades south to Siskiyou County, California. East in winter to eastern 

 Washington and Oregon and south to northern California. 



Otocoris alpestris merrilli Dwight. Dusky Horned Lark. [474i.] 



Otocoris alpestris merrilli Dwight, Auk, VII, No. 2, April, 1890, 153. (Ft. 

 Klamath, Oregon.) 



