Io6 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Otocoris alpestris praticola Henshaw. Prairie Horned 

 Lark. 



A rare winter resident in the state; breeding in Litchfield 

 County. 



Winter records. Feb. i, 1889, Guilford, one female taken 

 (L. B. B.) ; middle of Sept. to Oct. 10, 1900, Litchfield, a small 

 flock seen, and specimens collected ■ Oct. 7, 8 (L. B. W.) ; Feb. 

 6, 1904, Westville, small flock, one shot (Smith, in coll. of L. 

 B. B.) ; Nov. II, 1905, West Haven, flock of three taken (E. 

 S. W. and L. B. B.) ; Jan. 3, 1910, West Haven, female taken 

 (D. B. Pangburn, in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Summer records. June 20, 1904, Salisbury, seen flying (J. 

 H. S. and L, B. B.) ; July 31 — Aug. 4, 1905, Goshen; 

 April 22, June 2, July 8, 1906, Litchfield (E. S. W. and H. 

 San ford). 



Breeding records. May 24, 1891, Torrington, set of four 

 eggs with the female taken (Gath) ;^ 1904, Watertown, pair 

 breeding (Dutcher) ;^ May 25, 1905, Litchfield, pair breeding 

 (E. S. W.) f March 26, 1908, Danbury, nest with four eggs, 

 hatched March 27 (Judd).^ 



Nest of this species thus described by Judd:^ "A neat, well- 

 made structure of fine, soft dead grass was placed in a hollow 

 caused by the removal of a small stone on the gravelly western 

 slope of a large round-topped sand hill." 



Otocoris alpestris hoyti Bishop. Hoyt's Horned Lark. 



A very rare accidental visitor. 



Connecticut records. March 4, 1893, Bridgeport, one male 

 and one female taken, somewhat nearer this form than a true 

 alpestris (Fames, in coll. of Beers) ; Feb. 17, 1894, Stamford, 

 male (Porter) ; March 7, 1903, Guilford, a male taken along 

 with two typical alpestris males from a flock of Homed Larks 

 (L. B. B.) ; Jan. 24, 1905, West Haven, male taken (A. Ganung, 

 in coll. of L. B. B.) ; Nov. 3, 10, 1906, Guilford, two taken 

 (E. S. W.). 



iH. K. Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 301. 



^Auk, xxiii, 4, p. 461. 



* Bird-Lore, x, 3, pp. 139, 130. 



