812 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
Buflfon/ Other synon^niis are AJu.uAla nivalis Pallas," which refers 
principally to the Siberian bird; PJiilerenios. striatus Brehni'' and 
Phileremos rufescevs Brehm'' which apply to that of Europe. 
A breeding- bird from Vardo, Norway, is l^rowner on the interscap- 
ular reg-ion than are the others in similar plumage, but is not other- 
wise different. The single Asian specimen, an adult male in perfect 
spring plumage from the island of Yeso, Japan, seems to be identical 
with the European examples, in so far as a single example can be relied 
upon for such determination; but it is, however, apparentl}^ rather 
more grayish above, as well as somewhat larger than any of the birds 
from Europe, and a good series from Asia might ver}^ possibly show 
the existence of two Old World races of alpestris^ instead of the single 
one here recognized. 
Thirteen specimens have been examined, representing the localities 
given below: 
Enghiixl. — Spurn, Yorkshire. 
IleliyoJand. — 
Russia . — Krim ; Lisistro v . * 
Norvxiy. — Vardo. * 
France. — [No definite locality given. J 
Japan. — Volcano Bay, Yeso. 
OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS HOYTI Bishop. 
Otocon/s aJpci^tris IcucoJ.Tmd Henshaw, Auk, 1, July, LS84, p. 25S (itart). 
Olocoris alpcstrls levcoLrma DwuiHT, Auk, VII, April, 1890, p. 142 (part). — 
RiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2(1 ed., 1896, p. 848 (part). 
Otocoris alpestris Itoijli Bishop, Auk, XIII, April, 1896, p. 130. 
Chars, sahsj). — Similar to OtocoriH a. flava., but larger, the throat 
paler j^ellow, the eyebrow white. 
Measurements {15 males). — Wing, 104-11,5. ,5 (average 111.1) nnn. ; 
tail, 6.5.5-75 (average 70.5) mm.; exposed culm en, 10.5-13 (average 
11.4) mm.; tarsus, 21-23.5 (average 22.3) mm.: middle toe, 11.-5-13 
(average 12.5) mm. 
Type locality. — Cando, Towner Count}^ North Dakota. 
Geographical distrihition. — In summer, British America from the 
west shore of Hudson Bay to the valley of the Mackenzie River, north 
to the Arctic coast, south to Lake Athabasca; in wint(>r southward to 
Nevada, Utah, Kansas and Michigan, casually to Ohio and New York 
(Long Island). 
description.— Adult 'male i7ihreedinf/ 2)li(7rMge.—l:^o.3ll35,\J.S.^.M.; 
Big Island, Great Slave Lake, British America [summer]; 1. Reid. — 
>Hist. Nat. des Ois., V, 1778, p. 61. 
^Zoog. Rosso- Asiat., 1, 1826, p. 519. 
•■' Vogelfang, 1855, p. 122. 
