Appendix, 



82. Vermilion Flycatcher ; Pyrocephalus rubi- 

 neus mexicafius (Scl.). 



A brilliant straggler from Mexico. Back uniform 

 brown; wings blackish brown; head and lower 

 parts vermilion. The female resembles a bleached 

 out male, with but a trace of the gaudy coloring. 

 Size of the preceding group or a trifle larger. 



THE LARK FAMILY. 



83. Horned Lark; Otocoris alpestris (Linn.). 

 An inhabitant of open fields and wind-swept 



meadows, where they run instead of hop upon 

 the ground. The adult males have black horn- 

 like tufts of feathers extending backward over 

 the eyes. The forehead is white, the top of 

 the head black; there is a black patch immedi- 

 ately below the eye, and another larger one on 

 the breast. The back is brown, generally vina- 

 ceous in tone and more or less streaked. The 

 breast is white, and the throat and face between 

 the black marking white, more or less tinged 

 with yellow, this sometimes becoming a strong 

 sulphur color. 

 There is but one species of horned lark in North 

 America, divided into a number of race forms in 

 various localities. In southern California the 

 Mexican horned lark is the prevailing form, a 

 larger and less brilliantly ruddy form than the 

 ruddy horned lark, which is found in the Sacra- 

 mento Valley. In northern California the 

 streaked horned lark is the characteristic form. 

 As its name implies it is more streaked on the 

 back, and the white of the breast is tinged with 

 pale yellow. 



