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EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS, HORNED LARK. 



ally.— WiLS., Am. Orn. i, 1808, 85, pi. 5, fig. 4.— Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 130 ; 



Syii. 1828, 102.— Nutt., Man. i, 1832, 455.— AUD., O. B. ii, 1834, 570, pi. 200 ; 



Syn. 1839, 96; B. A. iii, 1841, 44, pi. 151.— Giraud, B. L. I. 1844. 95.— Pi tn., 



Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1856, 209.— Tui;.m5., B. E. Pa. 1669, 4.— (?) Tkippe, Pr. Ess. 



Inst, vi, 1871, 115. 

 Ei'cniopliUa cdpc^ihin, Boie, Isis, 1828, 322. — And of authors.- (?) Allen, Jlem. Bost. Soc. 



i, 1868, 496 (Iowa). — Mavx., Gnide, 1^70, 121 (Massachusetts, in July, perhaps 



breeding).— CouES, Key, 1872, 89, fig. 32. 

 Philcrcmo:! aJpcutris, Brehm, "\ og. Dent. 1831, 312.— Bp., List, 1838, 37.— Keys. & Blas., 



Wirb. Eur. No. 84.— Haril., Syst. Verz. 1844, 80. 

 Olocori/s aljmtris, Bp.— Gray., List of G. of B. 1841, 62.— Cac, Mus. Hein. i, 1851, 121. 

 Alaud'u cornuta, Wils., Am. Orn. i, 1808, 87 (in text).— Sw. &. Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 



245.— Maxim., Reise, i, 1839, 367. 

 ErcmopMla connita, BoiE, Isis, 1828, 322.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 403.— Coop. & Suck., N. 



H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 195.— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 1860, No. 134.— Coue.s, 



Pr. Phila. Acad. 1881, 221.— Coues & Prent., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 411.— Boardm., 



Pr. Bost. Soc. ix, 1862, 126.— Verr., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 150.— Allen, ibid. 



iv, 1864, 69.— McIlwr., ibid, y, 1866, 88.— Coues. ibid, v, 1868, 280.— L.vwr., 



Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 1866, 289.— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 114.— Lord, Pr. 



Artv. Inst. Wool, iv, 118.— Dall & Baxn., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 281.— Coop., 



B. Cal. i, 1870, 251;— ('?) Trippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1872, 236. 

 Philercmos cornittus, Bp., List, 1838, 37. 

 Otocorifs cornuta, Cab., Mus. Heiu. i, 1851, 122. 



b. leiicolccina. 



(Pale race, breeding on dry interior plains of the West.) 



(?) Otocoris occidentalis, McCall, Pr. Phila. Acad, v, 1851, 218 (Santa F^, N. M.).— Bd., 



Stansbury's Rep. 1852, 318. 

 Oiocori/s (6/j>t's.')-i.s,'NE\YB., P. R. R. Pep. vi, 1857, 88. 

 Erenwimila alpcstris, Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 176. 

 Eremophila cornuia, Bd., P. R. R. Rep. x, 1859, Beckwith's Route, Birds, 13, pi. 32. — 



Hayd., Rep. 1862, 174— Stey., U. S. Geol. Surv. Tor. 1870, 464.— Merr., ibid. 



1872, 685.— Hold., Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1872, 202. 

 Eremophila aljieairis var. Icucokcma, Coues. 



c. chrysolccma. 



(Smaller, bright race, from the southwestern plains and southward.) 



J] auda cornuta, Sw., Phil. Mag. i, 1827, 434 (Mexico). 



Eremoplilla conuita, CoUES, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 79 (Arizona). 



Alaiida clinisuhrnia, Wagl., Isis. 1831, 350.— Bp., P. Z. S. 1837, 111 ; Cousp. Av. i, 1850,246. 



Otocori/s ch'rysolama, Cab., M. H. i, 122.— Fixscri, Abliaud. Nat. Ver. 1872, 341. 



Alai(da minor, Giraud, B. Texas, 1841. — Scl., P. Z. S. 1855, GG. 



Eremoplilla minor, Scl., Cat. A. B. 1862, 126. 



Alauda rufa, Aud., B. Am. vii, 1843, 353, pi. 497. 



Otocoris rufa, Heerm., P. R. R. Rep. x, 1859, pt. vl, 45. 



Otoconjs pcrcgrina, ScL., P. Z. S. 1855, 110, pi. 102 (Santa F6 de Bogota). 



EremopJtila pcregrina, SCL., Cat. A. B. 1861, 127. 



Alauda pcrctjrinu, GiEBEL, Thes. Orn. i, 1872, 299. 



Eremophila cvrnuia var. chrijuoUvina, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 403. 



Eremopliila alpestris var. chrysolccma, CouES, Key, 1872, 89. 



Eab. — North America, breeding northerly; generally dispersed through the United 

 States by migration. Var. Icucolama resident on the dry interior plains from Iowa aud 

 Minnesota westward. Var. chrysolccma from the Southwestern Territories aud south- 

 ward to New Grenada. 



List of specimens. 



Lieutenant IFarrcn^s Expedition. — 5314, Medicine Creek ; 5318, Yellowstone; 5313, Fort 

 Pierre, Dak. ; 5317, Blackfoot country ; 9241-2, 9244-5, 9256, Black Hills ; 9239-40, 

 9243, near Biar Bntte. 



Later Expedilions. — 00416, Laramie River; 60761-4, 60897-934, various localities in 

 Wyoming ; 61753, Salt Lake, Utah. 



