[ 402. ] BIRDSOFOREGON 



THE PALLID HORNED LARK is present in Oregon as a winter migrant from 

 December to February (earliest date, December 16, Baker County; latest, 

 February 2.S, Wallowa County). Little is known about its abundance 

 and distribution in the State, as most observers have not troubled to 

 distinguish it in the great wintering flocks of Horned Larks that frequent 

 eastern Oregon. Contrary to the usual experience in field identification 

 of subspecies, we do not find it difficult to select individuals of this form 

 out of the flocks of the Dusky Horned Lark with which it is usually 

 associated. Both of us have done so and then confirmed our identification 

 by collecting the birds. They are conspicuously larger and paler than the 

 Dusky Horned Larks, and their white throats stand out noticeably when 

 they are among their yellow-throated companions. The only prior pub- 

 lished record of the Pallid Horned Lark is by Gabrielson (192^), who 

 included it in a list of Wallowa County birds from specimens collected 

 in that county by the authors in February 1919 and 1910. 



In working over the collections we found that Jewett had a bird 

 belonging to this race taken at Hermiston, January 14, 1917, that is, so 

 far as we can learn, the first specimen taken in the State. Since that time 

 we have taken the species in Wallowa, Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, 

 Baker, and Lake Counties. More intensive collecting will undoubtedly 

 show it to be a regular winter visitor to most of the open country east 

 of the Cascades and the length of its stay to extend over a longer period 

 than our records to date indicate. 



Streaked Horned Lark: 



Otocoris alpestris strigata Henshaw 



DESCRIPTION. "Back heavily streaked with black in sharp contrast to deeply ruddy 

 nape; under parts partly or wholly yellow. Male: length 6.75-7.15, wing 3.70- 

 4.10, tail 1.70-3.05. Female: 6.2.5-6.50, wing 3.60-3.85, tail 1.50-1.80." (Bailey) 

 Nest and eggs: Same as those of Pallid Horned Lark. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds on west side of Cascades in Washington and Oregon 

 south to Siskiyou County, California. Winters throughout its range and into 

 eastern Washington and Oregon and northern California. In Oregon: Common per- 

 manent resident that breeds in Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue River Valleys as 

 well as in many other smaller valleys of western Oregon. Winters throughout this 

 area and eastward regularly along Columbia to Morrow County, less commonly to 

 other parts of eastern Oregon. 



THE STREAKED HORNED LARK is darker on the back and conspicuously 

 more yellow beneath than any other subspecies in Oregon. The extremely 

 yellow under parts distinguish it easily from the paler Dusky Horned 

 Lark. It was first described by Henshaw (1884) from specimens among 

 which was an adult female collected at Albany, January 2.1, 1881. Hen- 

 shaw's reference is the first in Oregon literature that can be assigned 

 definitely to this subspecies, but many subsequent records have been 



