WITH BROWN PREDOMINATING 209 
474¢. STREAKED HORNED LARK. — Otlocoris alpestris 
strigata. 
Famity: The Larks. 
Length: Male 6.75-7.25; female 6.25-6.50. 
Adult Male: Upper parts dull olive-brown ; back broadly and conspicu- 
ously streaked with black; nape and rump ruddy; under parts 
generally pale yellow. f 
Adult Female: Similar, but upper parts more olivaceous and more dis- 
tinctly streaked. 
Geographical Distribution: Coast districts of Oregon, Washington, and 
British Columbia, west of the Cascade Mountains, south in winter to 
Southern California. 
Breeding Range: Coast region of British Columbia, Washington, Ore- 
gon, and possibly the northwestern corner of California. 
Breeding Season: May. 
Nest : On the ground, in a depression ; of grass stems, and lined with 
cattle hair. 
Eggs: 3 ov 4; grayish or pale greenish tint. Size 0.83 X 0.56, 
524. GRAY-CROWNED LEUCOSTICTE. — Leucosticte 
tephrocotis. 
Famity: The Finches, Sparrows, ete. 
Length: 5.75-6.85. 
Adult Male: General plumage deep cinnamon-brown ; forehead and fore 
part of crown black ; rest of head gray, but not spreading down over 
ear-coverts ; bill black ; back, rump, and belly streaked with black- 
ish ; upper tail-coverts, wings, and tail more or less tinged with pink ; 
winter plumage edged with whitish ; black crown smaller ; bill yellow, 
tipped with black. 
Adult Female: Similar to male, but colors paler and duller; same 
change in winter. 
Young: General plumage brownish, without the characteristic markings 
of the male. 
Geographical Distribution: Along the crests of the Rocky Mountains and 
the Sierra Nevada and the highest peaks of the Cascades, from 
British America south to Mexico. 
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