876 PROCEEDINGS F THE NA TIONA L MUSE UM. vol. xxiv. 
Although "Alpes de Russien " is rather an indefinite locality, it seems 
most probable that the reference is to the mountains of the Caucasus, 
where the bird is well known to occur, 
Otocoris peniclUata with its various races differs from all the other 
horned larks, except Ijerlepschl^ in having the throat completeh^ encir- 
cled by black — that is, the black of the cheeks not separated from that 
of the jugulum by a white area. The horns of this species are, more- 
over, much longer than in lonyirostris or (dpestr!s. T3^pical peniciUata 
is, excepting halcanica^ apparentl}^ the darkest and most grayish race. 
A winter male from Skardu, Baltistan, is rather more ochraceous 
throughout the upper parts than a specimen from the Taurus Moun- 
tains, Asia Minor, near the type locality, being thus to a degree inter- 
mediate he,t\fQQ\\ i)eniciU (da iin(\ oreodrama., though very much nearer 
the former. Good series of specimens from both Baltistan and Asia 
Minor might show the bird from the former locality to be a recogniz- 
able subspecies, whose name would probably be larvata De Filippi. 
OTOCORIS PENICILLATA BALCANICA Reichenow. 
Otocorys peniciUata balcanica Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsber., Ill, 1895, p. 42. 
Ohars. subsp. — hike Otocor Is penicillata peniciUata^ but considerably 
darker above. ^ 
Type locality. — Bosnia.^ 
Geographical distribidion. — The Balkan Peninsula, southern Europe. 
In the original account of this form no detailed description is given, 
and as no specimens have been available, none can be presented here. 
The essential portions of Dr. Reichenow's diagnosis follow: 
Sie unterschiedet sich von der typischen 0. peniciUata insbesondere durch inten- 
sivere weinrothliche Filrbung des Hinterkopfes und Nackens und dunkleren 
graubraunen Ton des Riickens und der Fli'igel. Ferner ist der Schnabel im allge- 
meinen etwas lilnger und die schwarze Stirnbinde wie die Kropfbinde breiter. 
From this it seems to be a recognizable race, though closely allied 
to Otocoris peniciUata penicillata^ differing principall}^ in the deeper 
colors of the upper surface. 
The records of Otocoris p>enicillatam. Europe'' doubtless belong here. 
OTOCORIS PENICILLATA OREODRAMA, new subspecies. 
Otocorys paUida Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIII, 1890, p. 533 (part, not of 
D wight). 
Otocorys diluta Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIII, 1890, p. 670 (part). 
Chars. sid)sp. — Similar to Otocoris p)e7iicillata peniciUata., but slightly 
paler, more uniform above, as well as very much more cinnamomeous. 
^ Dr. Reichenow (Ornith. Monatsber., Ill, 1895, p. 42) gives no measurements, but 
states that the bill is rather longer than in true O. pevtciUala. 
^ Dr. Reichenow in a letter says that his type specimens came irom here. 
=* Reiser, Ornith. Jahrbuch, 1890, p. 10(1. 
