1^2 Dwight on the Horned Larks. [April 



Air. Henshaw's conclusion that the European bird is identical 

 with ours must stand, unless a good series should prove the con- 

 trary. I have seen but two specimens, and can infer nothing 

 from them. They agree in size with our birds ; one, a male in 

 autumn plumage from Sweden, is more lilaceous, and that is 

 all the difference observable. Our bird breeds far north of the 

 United States, about the shores of Hudson's Bay, Labrador and 

 Newfoundland, and in winter is found chiefly along the coast of 

 the New England and Middle States, abundant to about Lat. 38 . 

 West of the Appalachian mountain chain it is perhaps less abund- 

 ant, though occurring, as shown by typical specimens, as far west 

 as Manitoba. A few breeding birds from the Saskatchewan re- 

 gion and winter specimens from the Mississippi Valley, evidently 

 bred in this intermediate region, are better referable to lezicohvtti a, 

 though dark and slightly tinged with vellow on the throat. 



Average measurements of 11 breeding males : wing, 10S.5 mm. (4.27 

 in.) ; tail, 72.1 mm. (2.S4 in.) ; tarsus, 23.1 mm. (.91 in. ) : bill from nostril, 

 10.2 mm. (.40 in.). 



Specimens examined: ^,328; $,221: young in first plumage, 6. 

 Localities represented: Sweden, Europe; *Ft. Chimo and *Davis 

 Inlet, Labrador; * Penguin, Is., *Cape St. Mary, and *Canada Bay, New- 

 foundland; *Moose Fort, Hudson's Bay region; Hampton, N. H. ; 

 Ipswich, Revere, Chelsea, Watertown, Newtonville, Duxbury, Chatham, 

 and North Truro, Mass. ; Connecticut; Long Island (King's. Queen's, and 

 Suffolk Cos.), Troy and Lockport, N. Y. ; Haddonfield, N. J.; Bucks 

 Co., Philadelphia, Carlisle, and Erie, Pa.; Delaware; Washington, 

 D. C. ; Raleigh, N. C. ; Cleveland and Circleville, O. ; Toronto and Rat 

 Portage, Ontario; Ypsilanti, Mich.; Manitoba; Ft. Snelling, Minn.; Mt. 

 Carmel, 111. ; and New Orleans, La. 



2. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema ( Co?ces). Pallid Horned 



Lark. 



Habitat. — Alaska and western British America ; southward 

 in winter into Western United States to about Lat. 40 . 



This appears to be the largest form of all, and when typical 

 shows no yellow. The back is very gray, and the nape, etc., are 

 vinaceous or pinkish vinaceous in the males. 



A few breeding birds from the Saskatchewan and Great Slave 



*An asterisk denotes breeding birds. 



