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SUBORDER OSCIKES. SONG BIRDS. 

 FAMILY ALAUDID^. LAKKS. 



GENUS OTOCORYS BOXAPARTK. 

 170. Otocorys alpestris (Linn.). HORNED LARK. 



Horned Lark. 



Bare winter visitor in the northern part of the State. A specimen collected 

 by Mr. G. Frean Morcom, at Davis Station, Starke County, Mr. Bidgway identi- 

 fied as this species. Mr. H. K. Coale obtained six specimens of this form at Tracy 

 Station, Indiana, February 10, 1887. Perhaps occurs throughout the northern 

 half of the State. Has been found at Mt. Carmel, 111. (Dwight, "The Auk," 

 April, 1890, p. 142.) 



*171. Otocorys alpestris praticola Heiwh. PRAIRIE HORNED LARK. 



Resident, common northward, rarer southward, where it is an abundant win- 

 ter visitor. Has been noted breeding at Bloomington, Greensburg and Richmond. 

 I am confident they breed near Brookville, although I have not succeeded in find- 

 ing the nest. Young were found there June 21, 1891. 



FAMILY CORVID^E. CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, ETC. 

 SUBFAMILY GARRULIN^. MAGPIES AND JAYS. 



GENUS CYANOCITTA STRICKLAND. 

 '172. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). BLUE JAY. 



A common resident throughout the State. Breeds. 



SUBFAMILY COKVIN^E CROWS. 



GENUS CORVUS LINN^US. 

 *173. Corvus corax sinuatus (Waal.). AMERICAN RAVEN. 



Formerly a common resident, now extinct throughout the southern part of the 

 State, but still occasionally found in the northern part. Breeds. "It frequents 

 the sand bills along the shores of Lake Michigan from October until spring, eat- 

 ing the dead fish thrown up by the lake." (Bray ton, Trans. Ind. Hort. Soc., 1879 r 

 p. 129.) The past winter (1890-1) they were not uncommon in the eastern part 

 of Allen County. (Stockbridge.) 



