CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 395 
A careful reading of Mr. E. T. Seton’s article on the horned. 
lark in his ‘“‘Birds of Manitoba ’”’ shows that the winter 
birds seen in flocks are undoubtedly this form. It is very 
probable that praticola is a later farrival, Nash says ‘‘ that — 
at Portage la Prairie praticola is a spring and fall visitant; 
stays nearly all winter; disappears and reappears at intervals; 
arrives about March 20th, reappears in August, and departs in 
October.’”’ Now to me this is exactly what a bird breeding on the 
‘‘barren grounds” would do, so I conclude that this form is the one 
mentioned by Nash and included in praticola by E. T. Seton. Two 
darker coloured specimens taken at Indian Head, Sask., in Septem- 
ber, 1891, and named hoyt: by Bishop are placed here. This is very 
likely the form that Dr. Bell found breeding at York Factory and 
Fort Churchill on Hudson bay. (Macoun.) 
Many of the above references go to- hoyti or enthymia. 
BREEDING NoTEes.—On May 29, 1893, at Rush lake, Sask., 
I found three nests containing eggs of this species. The nests 
were built in hollows in the ground, the brim of the nest flush with 
the surrounding soil. Each nest contained four eggs similar to 
those of the prairie horned lark. I secured two birds which are 
easily distinguished from the prairie horned lark by their paler 
form. (W. Raine.) Nine nests of- this lark were received at Fort 
Anderson, a few of them from the Esquimaux and the others were 
collected by us in the ‘‘barrens” and on the coast of Franklin bay. 
The nest was usually composed of fine hay neatly disposed and 
lined with deer hair. Several of the parent birds were secured by 
snares placed thereon. (Macfarlane.) 
474. Oberholser Horned Lark. 
Otocoris alpestris enthymia OBERHOLSER. 
In summer, Saskatchewan, with possibly southwestern Manitoba. 
Breeding birds have been examined from Indian Head and St. 
Louis, Saskatchewan. (Oberholser.) Very common on the prairies, 
particularly on the barren hills north of Maple creek and on the alka- 
line plains. No nests were found but fully fledged young, in juvenal 
