6. OTocoRrs. 549 



r-x. c? ; y-c'. 2 ^^^ Francisco, Cal., Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad.sk. _ 18 (H. W. H.). 



d',e'. 2 ad. ;/', ^'. Zacatecas, Mexico, Feb., Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Pull. sk. Aug. ( W. B. Richard- 

 son). 



K . S ad. ; i', k', I'. Oaxaca, March (M. Tru- Salviu-Godiuan Coll 



5 ad.etjuv.sk. jiUo). 



Siibsp. I. Otocorys giraudi. 



Alauda minor {nee Gm.), Giraud, B. Texas (1841); Scl. F.Z.S. 



1855, p. 66. 

 Otocoris minor {nee Gm.), Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 117, no. 7740 



(1870)._ 

 Eremophila alpestris chrysoltema, Sennett, Bidl. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 9 



(1878). 

 Otocorys alpestris giraudi, Hensh. Auk. i. p. 263 (1884) ; A. O. V. 



Check-l. p. 239 (1886) ; liidgw. Man.' N. Amer. B. p. 349 (1887). 



Similar to 0. chrysolcvma., but yellow on the chest, this yellow 

 colour very well marked, and in winter strongly mottled with 

 blackish ends to the feathers. As a rule the yellow on the chest is 

 well-developed, only two specimens lacking the yellow tinge alto- 

 gether. The winter plumage is very grey compared with that of 

 the allied races. 



Adult male. Length about 6-50-6-75 inches, wing 3'80-3-85 

 (3'83), tail 2-6 (Ridgivay). 



Adidt female. Length about 5'8-6'0 inches, wing about 3*5, tail 

 2-35 (Bidgivay). 



Hah. Eastern and South-eastern Texas (Ridgway, Man. p. 349). 



a, b. S 2 ad. sk. Texas {G. B. Sennett). Henshaw Coll. 



[S.-G.]. 

 c-t. (S [W. 3-6-3-9] ; Corpus Christi, Texas, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



u. 5 ad. sk. [W. Oct., Nov., Feb., March, 



3-85]. {F. B. Armstrony). 



Subsp. e. Otocorys strigata. 



Eremophila minor, Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 126 (1862). 



? Eremophila alpestris (wee L.), Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. 



p. 423 (1879). 

 Otocoris alpestris strigata, Hensh. Aid:, i. p. 264 (1884) ; A. O. U. 



Check-l. p. 240 (1886) ; Bidgu: Man. N. Amer. B. p. 349 (1887) ; 



Merrell, Auk, yi. p. 257 (1889). 



Similar to 0. cJirysolcema, but with the yellow colour distributed 

 over the entire breast and abdomen. The dark coloration of the 

 back, from which circumstance the bird was named striyata by 

 Mr. Henshaw, does not seem to me at all a strongly pronounced 

 character, and the race altogether is not very well distinguished. 

 Several specimens are marked by Messrs. Henshaw and Ridgway 



