AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



SuBORDEE OSCINES. Song Birds. 



Family ALAUDID^. Larks. 

 Insect feeders; sing on the wing. 



Genus OTOCOKIS Bonap. 



Horned Lark, much reduced. 



198-474-(82). Otocoris alpestris {Linn.). *Horned Lark; Shore Lark. 



Rather rare; irregular fall and spring visitor; "late fall in Kent County" (S. E. 

 White); not very rare in winter; breeds in Greenland and Labrador; often seen in barn- 



Horned Lark, natural size. 



yards, feeding on seeds, etc.; this bird is often confused with the following subspecies, 

 which is more common in our state. From what Dr. J. B. Steere writes me. I judge 

 that this is the more common at Ann Arbor. 



191)-47-4b-(000). Otocoris alpestris praticola Hensh. * Prairie Horned Lark. 



Summer resident; Jonathan Dwight. Jr.. found them at Ann Arbor and Cadillac 

 where they were breeding (Auk, Vol. VIII. p. 138); "very common at Iron Mountain " 

 (E. E. Brewster); breeds; nests on the ground; in April or earlier; "breeds abundantly 

 in Kent county" (S. E. White); J. B. Purdy, of Plymouth, has found eggs in nest in 

 February; nest often surrounded by snow; may be double or triple brooded; eggs four 

 or five, gray specked with brown; food insects and seeds. Mr. L. W. Watkins took one 

 on eggs March 20. 1889, the nest was surrounded by snow. This subspecies and the " 



