NO. 1271. REVIEW OF THE HORNED LARKS— OBERHOLSER. 821 
in winter, south to Texas, C'lihuahua, Sonora and southeastern 
(yalifornia. • ''■ 
Description. — Adult male in hreeding pl/imiage. — No. 139817, 
U.S.N.M., Biolooical Surve}^ Collection; Loveland, Colorado, Julj^ 24, 
1895; E. A. Preble. Back, wing-s and middle pair of tail-feather.s 
fuscous, edged with butty; rest of tail brownish black, the outer pair 
of feathers uiaro-ined with white; occiput, cervix, bend of wing and 
upper tail-coverts pinkish cinnamon; fore crown, horns, lores, cheeks 
and juoiilum l)lack; superciliary stripe, forehead and auriculars white, 
the last somewhat gra^ash; throat yellowish white; rest of lower 
surface white, the sides and flanks shaded with cinnamon. 
Adtdt female in hreeding plumage. — No. 139797, U.S.N.M., Biolog- 
ical Surve}' Collection; Big Butte, Idaho, July 18, 1890; V. Bailey and 
B. H. Dutcher. Similar to the adult male, but cervix, bend of wing 
and upper tail-coverts cinnamon without pinkish tinge, the first nar- 
rowly streaked with brownish; black of head replaced by brownish 
and buffy; tail more brownish; superciliar}^ stripe and auriculars 
butty; sides and flanks with dusky streaks. 
Adidt nude in winter plumage. — No. 139790, U.S.N.M., Biological 
Survey Collection; Burlington, Colorado, November 20, 1891; C. P. 
Streator. Like the summer male, but upper parts more uniform, the 
<innamomeous areas more pinkish, this on occiput and cervix almost 
hidden by the gra>Msh tips of the feathers; superciliary stripe yellow- 
ish; throat deeper yellow; black areas obscured l)y paler; breast 
marked with dusky; sides and flanks more deeply colored. 
Adult female in vjinter plumage. — No. 67600, U.S.N.M.; Three 
Buttes, Montana, August 31, 1871; Dr. E. Coues. Similar to the sum- 
mer female, but upper parts more uniform and more butty ochraceous; 
all the black areas obscured; breast strongly tinged with butt" and 
spotted with pale dusk}'. 
Young in first p)lumage. — -No. 139816, U.S.N.M., Biological Survey 
Collection; Loveland, Colorado, July 23, 1895; E. A. Preble. LTpper 
parts dull brownish ochraceous, each feather with asubterminal bar of 
sepia, and a terminal spot or bar of white or butty; wings and tail 
fuscous, margined with butty and ochraceous; superciliary stripe butty; 
sides of head grayish brown, spotted with Ijutt'y whitish; throat white, 
spotted with dusky; jugulum butf}^ ochraceous spotted Avith dusky; 
sides and flanks I)utt'y, marked with dusky; remainder of lower surface 
white. 
This form may be distinguished from pmdicola by the markedly 
more cinnamoiueous tint of cervix, upper tail-coverts and l)end of wing, 
as well as ))V th(> paler color of the back, where the l)la<l<ish of p)rati- 
eola is replaced by sandy l)rown. From arcticola it ditt'ers in reduced 
size, usually yellow throat, nape luore tinged wnth cinnamomeous, 
lighter and brownish instead of blackish back; from giraudi in larger 
