Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



WESTERN HORNED LARKS. 

 474c. Desert Horned Lark (O. a. leucolcema). W. 

 71 , 4- 1; 9> 3.8. Forehead and line over eye very 

 slightly, often not at all, tinged with yellow; throat 

 yellow; back brown edged with pinkish gray; resem- 

 bles No. 474b, but is paler and less distinctly streaked 

 above. 



Range. — "In summer, western United States from central Dakota, 

 western Kansas and western Nebraska to Idaho and Nevada, north on 

 the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains to Alberta; in winter, south 

 to Texas, Chihuahua. Sonora, and southeastern California." (Ober- 

 holser.) 



474e. California Horned Lark (O. a. actio). W. 

 d\ 3-9» 9> 3-6. d\ summer. Back of head and nape, 

 spreading on to sides of breast, pinkish cinnamon; back 

 distinctly streaked with brownish black; throat always, 

 forehead and line over eye usually tinged with yellow. $ , 

 winter. Less distinctly streaked above; cinnamon areas 

 paler and with grayish tips; black areas more or less 

 tipped with yellowish. 9, summer. Crown and back 

 uniformly streaked with blackish margined with pink- 

 ish gray. 9, winter. Less distinctly streaked; black 

 areas tipped with whitish. 



Range. — Northern Lower California north, west of the Sierra, 

 to Marin and San Joaquin Counties, California. 



474f. Ruddy Horned Lark (0. a. rubea). Similar 

 to No. 472e, but nape region, sides of breast, etc., 

 much deeper in color, deeper than in any other of our 

 Horned Larks; back less distinctly streaked with 

 blackish and more ruddy in tone, not sharply defined 

 from nape; yellow areas richer in color. 



Range. — Sacramento County, California. 



474g. Streaked Horned Lark (0. a. strigatd). 

 Cinnamon areas less extensive but nearly as deeply 

 colored as in No. 474f; back distinctly and widely streak- 

 ed with blackish; forehead, line over eye, throat and 

 breast washed with yellow. 



Ringe —"In summer, the states of Oregon and Washington west 

 of the Cascade Mountains; in winter, to eastern Oregon and Wash- 

 ington, south to northern California." (Oberholser.) 



474h. Scorched Horned Lark (O. a. adusta). W. 

 cf, 4; 9, 3.8. Nearest to No. 474I, but the male 

 differs in being nearly uniform pinkish brown above, 

 back with only a few indistinct brownish streaks; 

 color deeper, browner, more ruddy. 



Range. — "In summer, the central part of extreme southern Arizona; 

 in winter, northern Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico." (Oberholser.) 



474i. Dusky Horned Lark (O. a. merrilli). W. tf, 

 4; 9 » 3-8. Similar to No. 474b, but somewhat darker 

 above, the line over the eye usually tinged with yel- 

 low. 



Range. — "In summer, northwestern United States, and southern 

 British Columbia, from northeastern California and northwestern 

 Nevada, northward through Oregon and Washington east of the Cas- 

 cade Mountains to British Columbia and extreme northern Idaho; in 

 winter, south to central California." (Oberholser.) 



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