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Otocoris alpestris actia Oberholser 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24: 806 (in key ) , 845, June 9, 1902. 

 ==Eremophila alpestris actia (Oberholser). See Behle, Univ. California 

 Publ. Zool. 46: 264, 1942; A.O.U. Committee on Classification and 

 Nomenclature, Auk 64.: 450, 1947. 

 133678. Adult male. Jacumba, San Diego County, California. May 23, 

 1894. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 10920. 

 Mexican-United States International Boundary Commission. 

 Alauda rufa "Lath." Audubon 



Birds of America 7: 353, pi. 497, 1844. 

 =Eremophila alpestris actia (Oberholser) . See Grinnel, Univ. California 

 Publ. Zool. 38: 286, 1932; A.O.U. Committee on Classification and 

 Nomenclature, Auk 64: 450, 1947. 

 2893. Adult (sex not indicated). "Western States"=Los Angeles, Los 

 Angeles County, California? Collected by William Gambel? Received 

 from Spencer F. Baird, in whose private collection it was No. 2893. 

 All that is known or may be surmised of this specimen, traditionally a 

 type of Alauda rufa Audubon, has been brought together by Grinnell {loc, 

 cit. ) . 

 Otocoris alpestris enerlera Oberholser 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 20: 41, Mar. 27, 1907. 

 =Eremophila alpestris enertera (Oberholser). See Behle, Univ. Cali- 

 fornia Publ. Zool. 46: 279, 1942; A.O.U. Committee on Classification 

 and Nomenclature, Auk 64: 450, 1947. 

 196076. Adult male. Llano de Yrais (a plain on the eastern side of 

 Magdalena Bay at about lat. 24°40' N.), State of Baja California, 

 Mexico. December 13, 1905. Collected by Edward W. Nelson and 

 Edward A. Goldman. Original number 11866. Received from the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

 O[tocorys]. alpestris rubeus Henshaw 

 Auk 1 (3) : 260, 263, 267, July 1884. 

 =^Eremophila alpestris rubea (Henshaw). See Behle, Univ. California 

 Publ. Zool. 46:262, 1942; A.O.U. Committee on Classification and 

 Nomenclature, Auk 64: 450, 1947. 

 76599. Adult male. Marysville, Yuba County (not Stockton, San Joaquin 

 County), California. February 1878. Collected by Lyman Belding. 

 Grinnell (Univ. California Publ. Zool. 38: 285, 1932) has shown that No. 

 76599 received erroneous data sometime after its reception in Washington, 

 and that Belding himself (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1: 423, 1879) stated that it 

 had been taken at Marysville. 



Henshaw's female "cotype," No. 82413 from Santa Rosalia Bay, is an 

 example of E. a. enertera. 



Dwight (Auk 7: 151, 1890) has commented on a specimen of rubea. No. 

 83968 from Placer County, California, marked by Ridgway as "Type !" It 

 is conceivable that Henshaw in fact described the female of rubea from this 



