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 SuBOKDEK OSCINES. 8oN(i Birds 



P'amily ALAUDID.E. Lakks. 



(ienus otocorys bonapartk. 

 no. Otocorys alpestris (ii'iH.). Housed Lakk. 



Horned Lark. 



Kare winter visitor in the nortliern part of the State. A specimen collected 

 by Mr. G. Frean Morcom, at Davis Station, Starke County, Mr. Eidgway identi- 

 fied as this species. Mr. H. K. Coale obtained six specimens of this form at Tracy 

 Station, Indiana, February 10, 1887. Perhaps occurs throughout the northern 

 lialf of the State. Has been found at Mt. Carmel, 111. (Dwight, "The Auk," 

 April, 1890, p. 142.) 



"171. Otocorys alpestris praticola Bensh. Prairie Horned Lark. 



Resident, common northward, rarer southward, where it is an abundant win- 

 ter visitor. Has been noted breeding at Bloomington, Greensburg and Richmond. 

 I am confident they breed near Brookville, although I have not succeeded in find- 

 ing the nest. Young were found there June 21, 1891. 



Family CORVID-E. Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc. 

 Subfamily GARRULIN^E. Magpies and J.\ys. 



Oenus CYANOCITTA Strickland. • 

 *172. Cyanocitta oristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. 



A common resident throughout ihe State. Breeds. 



Subfamily CORVIN^E Crows. 



Gencs CORVUS Linn.ecs. 

 •173. Corvus corax sinuatus (Wagl.). Americas Raves. 



Formerly a common resident, now extinct throughout the southern part of the 

 State, but still occasionally found in the northern part. Breeds. "It frequents 

 the sand hills along the phorcs of Lake Michigan from October until spring, eat- 

 ing the dead fish thrown up by the lake." (Brayton, Trans. Ind. Hort. Soc, 1879, 

 p. 129.) The past winter (1890-1) they were not uncommon in the eastern part 

 of Allen County. (Stockbridge.) 



