No.iJTi. REVIEW OF THE HORNED LARKS— OBERHOLSER. 879 
Descri2)tion. — Adult male in hreeding i^lumage. — No. 37837, 
U.S.N.M. ; Mount Hermon, Palestine, June 4, 1864. Upper .surface 
dull ochraceous, the feathers with dull brown centers; upper tail- 
coverts cinnamon; occiput, cervix and extreme bend of wing dull 
pinkish vinaceous; wings and midule tail-feathers fuscous, margined 
with huffy and ochraceous; rest of tail brownish black, the outer 
feathers edged outwardly with white; fore part of crown, horns, lores, 
cheeks, sides of throat, lower throat and jugulum black; forehead, 
superciliary stripe, auriculars, chin, center of throat and rest of lower 
parts white, the sides tinged with cinnamon. 
Adult female in hreeding pUuaage. — No. 37835, U.S.N.M.; sum- 
mit of Mount Hermon, Palestine, June 2, 1864. Similar to the sum- 
mer male, but rather darker, duller and more uniform above, the 
cervix less pinkish, the black of crown much mixed with dull ochra- 
ceous. 
Dr. Sharpe says ^ that Hemprich's Alauda hicornis^ which was cur- 
rent so long as a mere manuscript or label name, had never been pub- 
lished, and he adopts it^ as the designation of the present race, the one, 
as Dr. Sharpe himself shows, to which it undoubtedly refers. But the 
Phileremos hiconiis oi Brehm,^ which Dr. Sharpe quotes under Otocoris 
hilopha^ is with equal certainty applicable to the same bird, as a careful 
examination of the description proves.* Brehm here adopts Hemprich's 
name, and notes in addition that other authors have referred Alauda 
hicornis to Alauda hilopha. Moreover, the description and locality 
apply much better to the present bird than to Otocoris hilopha. 
The few available examples of this bird are in very much worn sum- 
mer plumage, but are sufficient to indicate that hicornis is an excellent 
race. It differs ivom pe7iicillata in smaller size, and in the more uni- 
form cinnamomeous and ochraceous colors of the upper parts. 
OTOCORIS BERLEPSCHI Hartert. 
Otocoris berlepschi Hartert, Journ. f. Orn., 1890, p. 103; Kat. Vogelsamml. 
Senkenbnrg, 1891, p. 37. 
Olocorys berlepsdd Hartert, Ibis, 1892, p. 522, pi. xiii. 
Chars, s/^.- -Nearest Otocoris 2^(^niGillata penicillata, but very differ- 
ent by reason of its entirely black chin and throat, together with its 
cinnamomeous breast, abdomen, and upper surface. 
Measurements {tyx^e). — Wing, 106 mm. ; tail, 70 mm. ; culmen, 12 ram. ; 
tarsus, 22 mm. 
'Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIII, 1890, p. 532. ■"lA^m. 
Wogelfang, 1855, p. 122. 
*This is as follows: "3) Die langhornige Wustenberglerche, Phileremos bicornis, 
Brm. (Alauda bicornis, Hemp. A. bilopha, auct.). Der Schnabel und die Horner 
sind viel Hinger als bei Nr. 1 [=Phileremos alpeslris= Otocoris alpestris flava] und 2 
[ = Pliileremosruffscens—0. a.fava'] und ihre Kehle weisslich; kommt wahrscheinlich 
aus Syrien nach den griechischen Inseln." 
