NO. 1271. REVIEW OF THE HORNED LARKS— OBERHOLSER. 807 
(/. Back decidedly darker than nape, consi^icuouply 
streaked with blackis^h or dark l)fo\vn. 
d. Upper parts paler. 
e. More frrayish above nitliymia (p. 817). 
d"'. More ochraceous alxive IcKcohrrna {\^. 820). 
iV. Upper parts darker. 
('. Wing averaging over 105 mm .Jtava (p. 810). 
e'. Wing averaging nndei- 105 nnu. 
/. Nape cinnamomeous 'uinuojililld (p. 849). 
f. Nape pinkish. 
g. Back more blackish vierrilli ( p. Sl>{). 
v'. r>ack more brownish. 
//. Nape paler; eyebrow white pratkola (p. 825). 
//. Nape darker; eyebrow yellowish .clrrijxohona (p. 842). 
OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS ALPESTRIS ( Linnaeus). 
Alaudd alpcs(rii< Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1, 1758, p. 10(3. 
0/o«»'/.s a//>('.s/;'/.s Bonaparte, Iconogr. Faun. Jtal. Uoc, 1841, p. 5. 
Alauda connda Wilson, Amer. Orn., I, 1808, p. 87. 
Otoronjs alpeMri.i Henshaw, Auk, I, Julj^, 1884, p. 257 (part). 
Otocorh alpeslvla Dwight, Auk,, VII, April, 1890, ]>. 141 (jtart). — KiixnvAV, Man. 
N. Am. Birds, 2.1 ed., 1896, p. 348 (part). 
CIkii'x. sj). — Size large; colors above dark; throat and eyebrow deep 
3'ello\v. 
Measurements {15 inales). — Wino-, 108-11;^) (averao-e, 111.5) mm.; 
tail, 66.5-75 (average, 71.8) mm. ; exposed culinen, 11-13 (average, 12.2) 
mm. ; tarsus, 22-25 (average, 24) mm. ; middle toe, 13-1-1 (average, 
13.5) mm. 
Ty2?e locality. — Coast of [prol)abl_y SouthJ Carolina. 
Geograpliical dhtrUmthm. — In summer, northeastern British 
America, west to Hudson Bay, from Newfoundland, Labrador and 
the head of James Ba}^ northward; accidental in Greenland; in winter, 
west to Manitoba and the Mississippi Valley; south regularly to 
Illinois, Ohio and the Carolinas, casually to Louisiana and the 
Bermudas. 
Descvlj>t'wn. — Adult male in hreeding 'plumage. — No. 111783, U.S. 
N.M.; Cloud Hills, Canada Bay, Newfoundland, August 2, 1887; 
F. A. Lucas and W. Palmer. — Upper parts warm sepia brown, darkest 
on rump, the feathers everywhere edged with pale brown; wings and 
middle pair of tail feathers the same; middle of crown, occiput, nape, 
bend of wing and upper tail-coverts cinnamomeous with a pinkish 
tinge; fore crown, cheeks and jugular crescent black; forehead, 
superciliary stripe, auriculars and throat primrose yellow; rest of 
under surface white, the sides tinged with brownish. 
Adult female in hreeding plumage. — No. 7429, U.S. N.M.; Cleve- 
land, Ohio, April 1, 1851; J. P. Kirtland. — Resembling the adult 
male at same season, but colors generalh' duller; l)ack darker Avith 
lighter edgings to the feathers; })lack of crown much mixed with 
