838 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
Young in fr.sf j)Jt//>uu/e. — '■'■ 9 pfv. (No. 5080, collection of G. S. 
Miller, Jr., Salem, Marion Co., Oregon, June 29, 1890; Allen Rhodes 
collector): Plumage of dorsal surface seal brown, the feathers every- 
where edged with ochraceous-buff, which color is most conspicuous 
on the upper tail-coverts, rump, cervix, remiges and wing-coverts; 
interscapulars, scapulars and some of the tertials and wing-coverts 
tipped with dirty white; rectrices slightly darker than remiges and 
general dorsal surface, the outer pair tipped and edged externally 
with dirty white, the inner pair much suffused with ochraceous-buff'; 
ventral surface pure white; chin and throat slightly marked with 
dusky; jugulum, sides, and flanks ochraceous-buff', flecked, especially 
on the jugulum, with obscure l)rownish; cheeks, lores and forehead 
mixed brown and whitish.'"^ 
This race difl'ers from Dierrill! in nuich smaller size, deeper and 
more extended yellow suffusion below, and in the decidedly more 
brownish color of the upper parts. In autumn and winter, when 
iiierrHll is often brownish above and shows sometimes as much yellow 
below as strlgata^ size is the best means of identification. In color it 
much resem])les alpestris^ but in sununer the back is more l)lackish, in 
winter the yellow suffusion is more extensive, while its smaller size 
will of course distinguish it at all seasons. It differs from Jioyti as 
from alpedriK^ with the additional character of a deep yellow eyei^row. 
According to Mr. Miller," the young of this race most closely resem- 
ble those of praticola^ and in fact are apparently the same except for 
the brighter hue of the buff'y portions of the plumage. Compared 
with the young of inerriJli., they are said to be considerably more 
ochraceous. 
This form of Otocoris occupies, during the breeding season, the 
narrow strip of country west of the Cascade Mountains in Washington 
and northern Oregon, reaching farther eastward only through the 
valley of the Columbia River. There seems to be no evidence to sup- 
port the inclusion of British Columl)ia in its range, for all the horned 
larks from that region examined have proved to be inen'illi. Breed- 
ing specimens from ))oth sides of the Columbia River in the vicinit}^ 
of The Dalles, Oregon, approach merriUi^ but are smaller and less 
grayish tlian that form, seeming thus, without doubt, referal)le to the 
present race. In winter strigata moves both east and south — in the 
former direction as far as eastern Washington and north central Ore- 
gon; in the latter apparently as far as San Francisco, California, but 
specimens taken at this place usually seem more or less intermedi- 
ate between strigata and actia, and may have come from the Sierra 
Nevada near Summit, California."^ Dr. Dwighfs statement* that 
strigata is resident seems, however, to require some modification. 
'Miller, Auk, VIII, 1891, p. 314. ''See page 835, under 0. n. merriUi. 
•^ Auk, VIII, 1891, p. 314. - "Auk, VII, 1890, p. 152. 
