NO. 1271. REVIEW OF THE HORNED LARKS— OB ERHOLSER. 831 
Birds from the State of Hidalg-o average larger and rather darker, 
an approach to c/iri/sohi'UKi ,' and though two .spring examples from 
Iroh). Hidalgo, rcsemljlc ckrysolseirm very closely, others from the 
same locality are sufficiently near diaphora to indicate the proper 
reference of all to that form. Thi.s race probably does not wander 
far in winter, and pos.sibly is resident except for an occasional 
straggler. At least such would appear to be the case, for out of a 
large series of winter birds from the State of Mexico none are refer- 
a))le here. A November male, howev^er, taken at Tamazulapam, in 
nortliern Oaxaca, seems without much doubt to belong to dnipJiom^ 
as it is altogether too pale and too pinkish for any of the other forms 
of the region. 
Fourteen specimens have been examined, from the following localities: 
TainauUpas. — Miquihuana. * 
Illd'algo. — Irolo;* Tula;* Pachuca;* Real del Monte.* 
Oaxaca. — Tamaz ulapam , 
OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS GIRAUDI Henshaw. 
Otocorys alpcslris g'lraadl Henshaw, Auk, I, July, 1884, p. 266. 
Otocoris alpedris giraudi Dwight, Auk, VII, April, 1890, p. 145. — Ridgwav, Man. 
N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, p. 349. 
Chars. s'(7jsj).- — Like Otocoris a. dlajyhora^ but smaller, the upper 
surface decidedly more grayish. 
Measurements {15 laales). — Wing, 92-102 (average, \)Q.S) mm.; tail, 
5().5-()») (average, 62.2) mm.; exposed culmen, H.5-11 (average, 10,5) 
mm.; tarsus, 20.5-22.5 (average, 21.8) mm.; middle toe, 10.5-12 (aver- 
age, 11.1) mm. 
Tyjje locality. — Corpus Chri.sti, Texas. 
Geographical distrtbutum. — Coast region of Texas and northeastern 
Tamaulipas, from Galveston Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande. 
Apparently resident. 
Dc><cr'iption . — Adult rnale in hrctdtng pliunage. — No. 128060, 
U.S.N.M.; Galveston, Texas, April 1, 1891; J. A. Singley.— Back, 
wings and middle pair of tail-feathers fuscous, edged with buffy 
grayish; remainder of tail brownish black, the outer pair of feathers 
margined externally with whitish; occiput, nape, bend of wing and 
superior tail-coverts pinkish cinnamon; crown, horns, lores, cheeks 
and juguluuf black; forehead, auriculars, superciliary stripe and sides 
of lower throat 3'^ellowish white; chin and throat pale primrose 3'ellow; 
rest of lower parts white, the breast washed with 3^ellow, the sides 
shaded with cinnamon and streaked with dark brown. 
Adult female in hreeding iDlumage. — No. 128063, U.S.N.M. ; Gal- 
veston, Texas, March 20, 1891; J. A. Singley. — Very similar to the 
male, but nai)e and occiput dull bull', streaked with fuscous; black of 
head replaced by brown and buffy. 
