132 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



ALAUDIDAE. 



249. Otocoris alpestris (Linne) Bonaparte. 

 Homed lark; Shore lark. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1907, pt. 4, p. 303; Chap- 

 man, Bird-life, 1898, pi. 34. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 259, pi. 58, 

 fig. 15. 



Alavda alpestris Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 166. 

 "in America septextrioxali." 



Seashores and open fields; nests on the ground. 



Me., X. H. — Common migrant and winter resident, chiefly 

 coastwise. (Sept. 2.5, Milo, Me.) Oct. 18— April (May 1-7, Monson, 

 Me.). 



Vt. — Common migrant. Feb.-Mar. ; (Sept. 15)-Nov. 



Mass. — Common migrant, less common winter resident, mainly 

 coastwise. (Sept. 27) Oct. 17-April 19 (May 27). 



R. I. — Common migrant and winter resident. (Sept. 25)- 

 April 15. 



Coxx.— Common migrant and winter resident, mainly coast- 

 wise. Nov. 18-Mar. 26. 



250. Otocoris alpestris praticola Henshaw. 

 Prairie horned lark. 



Hensh., Auk, 1884, vol. 1, p. 264. "Richland Co., III.," 

 but type locality "Denver, Colorado" (see Bull. 50, U. S. nat. 

 mus., 1907, pt. 4, p. 311, foot note). Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, 

 pi. 5, fig. 25. 



Eremophila cornuta (Wils.). Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 No. Amer. birds, 1S74, vol. 2, pi. 32, fig. 2 (head of young). 



Open fields; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident; casual in 

 winter. Feb. 10-Mar. 30; summer-Nov. 26 (Jan. 24, 1S99, 

 Pittsfield). Eggs, May 12-31. 



