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aud around meadows. It is more abundant in the valleys in winter 



^^Slict'^^-^^'s'^liot a Quail which fluttered ^iolently, one of these birds 

 pounced upon it and began to tear it. ^ 



73829 — ad. 

 76598 — juv. 



*MaTysviUo 



Feb. — , 187S 



Bii 



^¥,^!::::::::::::: Juiy-,i878 



98 Perisoreus canadensis (y. obscurus, Eidg^N-. ^).^-Oregon Gray Jay. 



On October 7, I saw at Summit Meadows wh.U I supposed to be this 

 bird. It is said to breed in the high parks of Castle Peak, a few mdes 

 north of the Summit Meadows. 



Family ALAUDIDvE : The True Lauks. 



99 Eremophila alpestris, (Fovst.).— Horned Lark. 



The Horned Lark was common at MarysviUe in the winter of 1877-^8 

 in flocks of not more than twenty-five or thirty, generally less. A small 

 flock was seen at Summit Meadows in the fall ot 18 1 7. 



73788 1 cf ad. Marysvillo 



73789 i d" ad. do ...--- 



73970 1 — ad. Summit Meadows- 



Peb. — 1878 

 Feb. — 1878 

 Oct. 0, 1877 



^99cr. Eremophila alpestris. /3. chrysol^ma, (W,.s^.).-S<niihern Ilormd Lark. 



This form of the Horned Lark is an abundant resident at Mar^sville, 

 in summer frequenting the dry plains, especiaUy those near the low 

 rolling hills on the eastern margin of the valley, where the gin.wth ot 

 vegetation is meagre. In December, 1878, it was abundant on the low, 

 rolling hills east of Stockton, on the road to Copperopohs. 



The difterence in appearance between a flock of these while on a 

 field of short, green grass in bright sunshme, and that o a flock of the 

 northern variety is so great that any coUector could not tad to observe it.t 



Feb. — 1878 



Sll :S^^o;„ity(a^Milt,;n)::; spring; 1|77 



73965 - ad. --■-■^o \W^^ 1878 



73966 cf ad. Mary.sviUe : Vph _ 1878 



73967 cT ad do -^'et)- . ^^i? 



7^68 13- ad do il^bi:;iil 



73969 (^ ad do ; Peb - 1878 



form ioiscurus) or the Kocky Mountain race (/?. caj>rtalis, Band) '^"^ «"^g f " 

 aloc^v however, in the cases of Cyavocitfa and Aphelocoma, they shonld he the iorine 

 a rrobahility strengthened hy the fact that Mr. Hen.shaw ohtau.ed specnu-ns of o/>- 

 scur«« at Camp Bidwell, in the northern Sierra Nevada.-R.lx. 



tThe line series of this very strongly marked race, sen by Mx. ^^ "»' ^^^^ 

 unnsual nniformity of characters for birds of this genns, there '^^^^^^^-^^ 

 among individuals. The light pinki.sh gray tmts of the more "-^^-^.^^.f ^^^^^ ! 

 iovmHaJpesfris and leucoUema) are replaced by a very deep -""^^J -^«;; '^^ 

 brown while the size is decidedly smaller. They agree quite close j with Mexican 

 examples, as described in HMory of North American Birds (vol. n, p. 144).-lv. ±.., 



