119 



Otocorys praticola, IlensJi. 



Otocoris alpesti-is pratincola, Ohcrlwlser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus xxiv 



p. 81'.") (1!)0l'). 

 Otocorys praticola, Sharjye, Iland-l. v. p. IGO (1906). 



Four oggs of the Prairie Horned Lark are of a poiuted oval form 

 and are slightly glossy. They vary both in size and in markings : 

 the two from Winnebago are smaller and have the ground-colour 

 greenish-white thickly mottled all over with yellowish-brown and 

 grey ; while, of the two from Mount Carroll, one has the ground- 

 colour greenish-white marked with olive-brown and grey, the 

 markings being mostly concentrated in a heavy confluent' rino- 

 round the larger end, and in the second the ground-colour is 

 whitish, densely and finely marked all over with light brown and 

 lilac, forming an indistinct zone round the larger end. Three 

 eggs measure respectively : -88 by -58 ; -93 by -63 ; -95 by -67. 



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Winnebago, Illinois, oth June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{J. Jr. Tolman: Henshaw Coll.). 

 Mount Carmell, Illinois {Smiths. Crowley Bequest 



Inst.: Tristram Coll.). 



Otocorys giraudi, Hensh. 



Otocoris alpestris glraudi, Oberkolser, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. 



p. 831 (1902). 

 Otocorys glraudi, Shnrpe, Hand-l. v. p. 160 (1906). 



Four eggs of the Texan Horned Lark are very similar to those 

 ot V. leucolmna, but are rather smaller and of a more blunt oval 

 Jorm In one example many of the markings take the form of 

 Wot^hes, and two examples have black specks or hair-lines across 

 the larger end. They measure respectively : -77 bv -58 • -78 bv 

 •0 ; -81 by -58 ; -82 by -58. ^ ' J 



4. Texas, 30th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Otocorys insularis. Towns. 



Otocoris alpestris insularis, Towriseud, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 140 

 (1890); Bendire, Life-IIist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 347 (1895) • 

 Oherholser, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. p. 839 (1902). ' 



Otocorys insularis, Shar2K, Hand-l. v. p. 160 (1906). 



The eggs of Townsend's Horned Lark resemble those of 0. peni- 

 cillata and present the same greenish aspect. They measure from 

 •/8 to -So in length, and from -6 to -62 in breadth. 



1 . Sta. Cruz Island, California, 6th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Hens flaw Coll.). 

 4. San Miguel Lsland, California, 20th Salvin-Godman ColJ. 



May {It II Beck). 



