1908.] BIRDS. 390 



May 17, 18 (first females), 20, and 30, was secured from the large 

 flocks which paused here on their northward migration. 



Horned larks, undoubtedly of this form, have been observed on 

 two occasions on the Arctic islands, but the bird is rare there. J. C. 

 Ross recorded three seen near Felix Harbor, Boothia:" and Walker 

 observed one at Port Kennedy in July. 1859, during M'Clintock's 

 expedition. 6 Richardson observed the species on it- breeding grounds 

 on the Arctic coast near Liverpool Bay, August 4, L848, when young 

 birds were seen running about." Under the name Er&mophila corn uta, 

 Ross recorded a specimen from Fort Simpson." 2 MacFarlane found 

 nests on the Barren Grounds and on the coast of Franklin Bay. and 

 received eggs from the Eskimo, presumably from the lower Anderson 

 or from Liverpool Bay/ Bendire gives the earliest breeding record 

 for the lower Anderson as June 14. but nearly all the nests taken by 

 MacFarlane were found during the first week in July.'' Specimens 

 from Big Island, Franklin Bay, and the Arctic coast east of Fort 

 Anderson are referred by Oberholser to this form ; ■" and the bird 

 catalogue of the National Museum shows that horned larks, also 

 undoubtedly referable to the present form, were received from Fort 

 Resolution, Fort Rae, and Fort Good Hope. Under the name Otocoris 

 a. leucoloema, Russell records five specimens taken at Fort ( nipewyan 

 May 20 to 25, 1893.'' Some of these have been examined by Ridgway 

 and prove referable to hoyti Macoun records egg<, undoubtedly be- 

 longing to this form, taken by Bishop Lofthouse on Artillery Lake. 

 June 9, 1900.' Hubert Darrell informs me that he observed horned 

 larks near the base of Kent Peninsula on June 1. 1902. 



Otocoris alpestris arcticola Oberholser. Alaskan Horned Lark. 



In the spring of 1904 the first horned larks observed at Fort Simp- 

 soil were males taken on April 28 and 29, which prove referable to 

 this form. They were seen only in small numbers at first. Other 

 males were taken on May 9 and 14. Among the large series of 

 horned larks taken later in May are two females (May 18 and 30). 

 which are also best referred to arcticola, though somewhat inclining 

 toward hoyti. 



a Appendix to Ross's Sec. ml Voyage, p. xxvi, 1835. 



6Proc. Roy. Soc. Dublin. III. i> 62, 1860. 



''Arctic Searching Expedition, I. p. 251, 1851. 



''('an. Xat. and Geol., VI. p. 442, L861. 



eproc. I". S. Xat. Mas.. XIV, p. 138, 1891. 



f Life Hist. N. A. Birds [II], p. 333, 1896. 



"Pmc. 1". S. Nat. Mus.. XXIV, pp. 812, 813, June, 1902. 



*Expl. in Far North, p. 264, 1898. 



'Cat, Canadian Birds, Pari II. p. 364, 1903. 



