540 



ALAUDID^. 



According to !M"r. Eidgwaj- the dimensions are as follows : — 



Adult male. Length 7-7'5 inches, wing 4-4'3 (average 4*13), 

 tail 2-9-3-1 (2-99). 



Adult female. Length 6'75-6'S5 inches, wing 3'7-4 (3-84), tail 

 2-6-2-9 (2-73). 



The nestlings of tliis species and the young after their first 

 moult are unusually dark. 



Hab. Upper Mississippi Yalley and region of the Great Lakes 

 (especially within United States), east, locally, to New York ; south, 

 in winter, to Virginia and north-eastern Texas {cf. Ridgw. Man. 

 p. 348). 



a,b. Ad.; c. Pull. N.AV. America. 



d. (S ad. sk. 



e,f. d2 ad. sk. 



9, h, i. (S ad. sk. 

 'k. Pull. sk. 



/, m, n. d" ; 0. 5 

 ad. ; 2>- I'^^l- ^^• 



q. Pull. sk. 



r, s, t. c7 ad. sk. 



u, V, w. $ ad. sk. 



.T-a'. 6 ; b'-f. 2; 



g', h'. PuU. sk. 

 i' . Juv. sk. 



A-', /', ni. (S ad. ; 



u'. Pull. sk. 

 ()', f'. S ? ad. sk. 



?', r', s'. d ; <'• 2 



ad. sk 

 u'. d ad, sk. 



v'. (5 ad. sk. 



Fort Simpson, May 23. 

 Fort Duft'erin, Manitoba 



{G. Dawson). 

 British Columbia. 

 Grant Co., Minnesota, June 



12, 1881 (H. IF. H.). 

 Locust Grove, New York, 



Feb., June, July (G H. 



Ahrriam). 

 Lewis County, N.Y., June S 



( W. Brewster). 

 Lowville, N.Y., March 24 



{E. L. Day cm). 

 Washington, D.C., .Tan., 



IMarch (H. W. H.). 

 Illinois, Feb. to June (^E". 



W. Nelson). 

 Halfday, Illinois, Aug. 25 



{H. K. Coale). 

 St. Louis, Missouri, March, 



May, Dec. [H. W. H.). 

 Manhattan, Kansas, March 



11 {D. E. Lcintz). 

 Dallas, Texas, Nov. to Jan. 



(C. /. Maynard). 

 Cook Co., Texas, Dec. 5 



{G. H. Bai/sdale). 

 [Cuba (Zoological Gardens.)] 



Capt. Collinson [P.]. 



B.K.Ross, Esq. [P.]. 

 N. Amer. Boundary 



Comm. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Coll. 

 G.]. 



[S.. 



Henshaw Coll. [S.- 



G.]. 

 Henshaw Coll. [S.- 



G.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Coll. [S.- 



G.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Coll. 



G.]. 

 Henshaw Coll. 



G.]. 

 Henshaw Coll. 



G.]. 

 Sclater Coll. 



[S.- 

 [S- 

 [S.- 



Subsp. /3. Otocorys arenicola. 



Eremophila cornuta, var. occidentalis {nee M'Call), Dresser, Ibis, 



1865, p. 486. 

 Eremophila cornuta (nee IVils.), Cones, Proc. Fhilad. Acad. 1880, 



p. 79. 

 Eremophila alpestris, Scott, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. p. 92 (1879). 

 Otocorvs alpestris arenicola, He7ish. Auk, i. p. 263 (1884) ; A. 0. U. 



Check-l. p. 239 (1886) ; Eidytv. Man. p. 349 (1887) ; Lloijd, Auk, 



V. p. 193 (1888). 

 Similar to 0. praticola, of which it is a small and sandy-coloured 

 race, with paler-coloured young. 



