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from the west shore of Hudson Bay to the valley of the Mack- 

 enzie, north to Arctic Coast, south to Lake Athabasca; in winter 

 southwest to Nevada, Utah, Kansas and Michigan, casually to 

 Ohio and New York (Long Island). ... In winter hoyti ranges 

 southward into the upper Mississippi Valley at least as far as 

 Kansas, but keeps chiefly west of the river. [Specimens from 

 Sargeant Bluffs, Iowa, Madison, Minn., Grand Rapids, Mich.]" 

 (Oberholzer, "Review of the Larks of the Genus Otocoris." 

 Proc. U. S. N. M., xxiv, 1902, pp. 812-815). 



A typical specimen in the Talbot collection, Mus. No. 14 124, 

 was killed at Sergeant Bluffs, Iowa, January i, 1886; L. 7.38; 

 W. 4.40; T. 2.88; skinned by John E. Swanson. Two other 

 specimens, one dated February 9, 1886, and one March 21, 1886, 

 skinned by Swanson, but with no localit}- mark, are probably 

 from the Sioux City neighborhood. 



Prof. Lynds Jones of Oberlin, Ohio, writes: " I made a care- 

 ful stud}^ of upwards of fifty specimens taken in winter at Grin- 

 nell before hoyti was elaborated, and then concluded that the 

 large birds must be alpcstris in spite of the fact that they were 

 far too light. I am now convinced that they were hoyti. The 

 Horned Lark question awaited the solution which the form hoyti 

 demanded." 



In Nebraska hoyti occurs as a " regular winter visitant, occur- 

 ring over the entire state, appearing usually in Februarj-. . . . 

 Omaha, West Point, Covington." Otocoris alpcstris Iciicolccma 

 (Pallid Horned Lark) is given as an abundant resident, breeding 

 east to at least the 99th meridian, in winter over whole state, but 

 uncommon eastward (Rev. Bds. Neb., 1904, p. 67). Oberholser 

 also records a specimen of leucolcema from Omaha, Neb. (Proc. U. 

 S. N. M., xxiv, 1902, pp. 812-15), so that it is probable that it 

 occasionally occurs as a straggler in western* Iowa in winter, 

 although no Iowa specimens have been recorded. 



Family CORVID.^. Crows, Jays, Magpies. 



The Corvidcc inhabit wooded regions and are usually resident 

 species, although they are migratory to a certain extent. They 

 are omnivorous, eating fruits, grain, insects, eggs, or even car- 

 rion. 



[Proc. D. a. S., Vol. XI. 1 40 [Nov. 22, 1906.I 



