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211. Ofocoris alpestris (luiyy:.). Horned Lark. 



Brkeding Raxge — Labrador, Hudson Bay and northern Europe. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to the Carolinas and Illinois. 



Regular winter resident alonir the New Jersey coast and Delaware 

 Bay in immense flocks; less abundant in the interior and irregular 

 in its occurrence. In the vicinity of" Philadelphia it is most fre- 

 quently seen along the Delaware marshes, though it is by no means 

 regular. 



212. Otocoris alpesfris j^^^fctieola Hensh. Prairie 



Horned Lark. 



Breeding Range — Upper Mitfoi^sippi Valley and western New York 

 and Pennsylvania (casually eastward from northern 

 Pennsj'lvania to New England). 



Winter Distribution — Southward to Virginia and Texas. 



Casual winter visitant in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Two speci- 

 mens are in the collection of the Acadinny of Natural Sciences, which 

 were taken in Tiiiicum township, Delaware county, Pa., by Mr. S. 

 M. Brice, February 19 and 22, 1879. 



In western Pennsylvania this species breeds frequently, and it 

 also occurs sparingly in the nortlieastern portion of the state during 

 the breeding season. (Athens, Bradford county, Diciyht and Parke 

 — Auk, 1892. Williamsport, Koch). 



Family Corvidse. — The Crows. 



Five species of the Crow Family occur in the region covered by 

 the present list. Of these the Common Crow and Blue Jay are 

 everywhere resident and are tlie only abundant species. The Fish 

 Crow is a summer resident on the coast, while the Raven is rare, 

 being mainly restricted to the mountains. The Canada Jay is a 



213. Ci/miocitfn cristaf a (Lis^.). Blue Jay. 



Breeding Range — Eastern X. A., nortii of Florida.* 

 Winter Distribution — About. the same. 



* Replaced there by the Florida Blue Jay, C. cristata florincola. 



