SYNONYMY OF E. ALPESTRIS AND VARS. 187 



for 1860, 365. — Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1861, 221.— Co?tes 4- Prent. Smiths. Rep. for 

 1861, 1862, m.—Boardm. Pr. Bost. Soc Ix. 1862, 126.— Ferr. Pr. Ess. lu^it. iii. 1862, 149.— 

 fBlak. Ibis, iv. 1862, 5; v. 186:i, 6S.— Allen, Pr. Essex Inst. iv. 1864, 69.— Dress. Ibis, 2fl 

 ser. 1865, 486 (Texas).— tawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 1866, 289.— ATc/Zwr. Proc. Ess. Inst. 

 V. 1866, 88. — Cowes, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 280.— Brown, Ibis, 2d ser. 1868, 421 (Vau- 

 couver).—Co«f.'!, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii. 1866, 11.3.- .'Coop. Am. Nat. iii. 1869,75.295,297; 

 1874, \l.—y Aiken, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 202.—:'Trippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1873, 236. 



Pliilereiiios coriiulus, Bp. CGL. 1838, 37. 



Olocoris coriuita, Bp. CA, i. 1650, 246. 



OtOCDI'J'X rorilllta, Licla. " Nomencl. 1854, 239". 



Otocorj.s coi'uilta, Bp. "CR. xxxviii. 1854, 64 ". 



Alauda rilfa, /Maxim. J. f. O. vl. 18.i8, 349 (Missouri). 



Otocoris riifa, Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad. vi. i853, 332 (Wisconsin). 



Lark, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, i. 1731, 32, pi. 32. 



Shore Lark, Forst. l. c.—Penn. AZ. ii. 1785, 392. no. 218.— Lath. Syn. ii. pt. ii. 1783, 385, no. 19. 



Hausse-col uoir ou .\louctte de Vjrginie, Buff. " Hist. Nat. Ois. v. 55 ". 

 Alouettf de Virgiuie, Ortolan, LeM. Ois. Canad. 1861, 225. 

 Horned Lark, Shore Lark, Authors. 



h. leucolama 

 ? Otocoris occidentalls, jl/cfa//, Pr. Phila. Acad. v. 1851, 218 (Santa Fe, N. Mex.).— Brf. 



Stansbury's Rep. GSL. 1852, 318, 331. 

 Otocorys alpestris, Ntwb. prrr. vi. 1857, 88. 

 Ereuiophila alpestris, AlUu, Bull. MCZ. iii. 1872, 176. 

 Eremophila Cornuta, iS(i. PRRR. x. 1859, Beckwlth's Route, Birds, 13, pi. 32.— /fnyrf. Tr. 



Araer. Philos. Soc. xii. 1872, IIA.-Siev. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, for 1870, 1871, 464.— 



Merr. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, for 1872, 1873, G8o.—Hold. Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 202. 

 EreiUOphila alpestris h. leuCOlxnia, Cones, BNW. 1874, 38.— Coues, Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 



602.— ^He?i, Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1874, 50. 



c. chrysoltema 



Alauda cornuta. Sw. Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 434 (Mexico). 



PhiltreuiOS COrUUtUS, Bp. PZS. 1837, m. (Mexico). 



Eremopllila cornuta, Coues, ibis, 2d ser. i. 1865, 164 (Arizona).— Co«es, Pr. Phila. Acad. 



xviii. 1666, 79 (the same). 

 Alauda glacialis, Licht. •' Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. 1830, 2"; J. f. O. 1863, 56 (Mexico). 

 Alauda chrjsolaema, Wagl. Isis, 1831, 350 (Mexico). 

 Otocoris chrysolaeina, Bp. CA. i. 1850, 246. 

 Otocorys dirysolaema. Cab. MH. i. 1851, 122. 

 Alauda chrysolsma, Sd. PZS. 1855, 66. 

 Otocorys chrysoltema, Bp. '■ CR. xxxviii. 1854, 65 '\—Scl. PZS. 1856,306 (Mexico) ; 1859, 372 



(Oaxaca). 

 Eremophila chrysoliema, Scl. PZS. 1864. 174 (City of Mexico). 

 Eremopbilii cornuta var. chrysohema, Bd. BNA. 1858, 403. 

 Eremophila alpestris c chrysol:enia, Coues, bnw. 1874, 38, 231. 

 Alauda minor, Giraud, IC Sp. Tex. B. 1841. 

 Eremophila minor, Sd. Cat. AB. 1862. 126. 



Alauda rufa, Aud. B. Amer. vii. 1843, 353, pi. 497.— Brf. Stansb. Rep. GSL. 1852, 331. 

 Otocoris rufa, Heerm. PRRR. x. 1859, Williamson's Route, Birds, 45. 



Hab. — The typical form inhabits the greater part of the uorthern hemi- 

 sphere (Europe aud Asia as well as most of North America). Var. leucolwma 

 breeds on tlie plains of the United States, north of about 40°. Var. chrysolivma 

 breeds in the Western United States, south of about 40°, and southward 

 through Mexico. 



Ch. sp. — a. AL.VBSTUIS.— Notwo griseo plus minusve rvfescenti- 

 vinaceo tincto. nucha tectricibusque alat^um et caudcc vegetioribus, 

 dorso sordidiore^ strigis fuscis notato; gastrceo albido, lateribus 

 dorso suhsimilibus, ijelta magna pectorali nigra; strigd malari et 



