810 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
In all, 112 specimens have l>een examined, taken at the following 
localities, ))reeding- records being- designated I)v an asterisk: 
District of Columhia. — Washington. 
Illinois. — Mount Carmel; Maywood, Cook County. 
Maine. — Portland. 
Mari/hnid. — Marshall Hall, Charles County. 
M(tKx(i<-Jii(S(ffi^. — South Duxbury; North Truro; Gurnet Beach, Dux- 
bury; Quincy; Chatham. 
Minnesota. — Hibbing. 
N'em Ilampxh ire. — Hampton. 
Neio Yorl-. — Sing Sing; Shinnecock Bay, Long Island; Far Rocka- 
way Beach, Long Island; Timber Point, Long Island; Long Island 
City; Montauk Point; Shelter Island; Lockport. 
North Carolina. — Raleigh. 
Oh io. — Clev eland ; Circlevillc. 
Pennsylvania. — Carlisle; Chester County; Philadelphia. 
Lahrador. — Fort Chimo;* Davis Inlet.""" 
Man itoha. — Rat Portage. 
Neafoandland. — Penguin Island;* Cloud Hills, Canada Bay.* 
NortheaHt Territory. — Resolution Island, Hudson Strait.* 
Ontario. — Moose Fort. * 
OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS FLAVA (Gmelin). 
Alanda flava Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, ]>. 800. 
Alaudd. nivalis FALhAfi, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat, I, 182(>, p. 519. 
I'hilnrmon driatus Brehm, Vogelfang, 18.55, p. 122. 
I'hilrreuin^ riifescens Brehm, Vogelfang, 1855, p. 122. 
Otoconjii (il pestris Hensh.wv, Auk, I, July, 1884, j). 257 (part). 
Otocoria alpeairis Dwight, Auk, VII, April, 1890, \^. 141 (part).— Ridgway, Man. 
N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, p. 348 (part). 
Oharx. suhyK — Similar to Otocoris- alpestris alj)estris, but smaller; 
the nape, rump and bend of wing more pinkish. 
Meamreinent.^ {7 males). — Wing, 10.5.5-111 (average, loT.D) mm.; 
tail, 68.5-73.5 (average, 70.6) mm.; exposed culmen, 9-11 (average, 
10.1) mm.; tarsus, 21-23 (average, 21.9) mm.; middle toe, 11.5-12.5 
(average, 11.9) mm. 
Tyjje locality. — Siberia. 
Geographical distrihution. — In summer the extreme northern parts 
of Sweden and Norway, northern Russia south in the eastern part to 
about latitude 55°, northern Siberia south locally to the region about 
Lake Baikal; in winter south to the British Isles (except Ireland), 
nothern France, central Ital3^ Turkey, southern Russia, Turkestan and 
northern China. 
Description. — Adult male in hreeding plumage. — No. 111105, 
U.S.N.M.; Vardo, Norway, June 22, 1877.— Occiput, nape, upper 
tail-coverts and ))end of wing pinkish cinnamomeous; back, rump. 
