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to Santa Barbara (Torrey, Condor, tx, 1907, p. 109). This species is thus nota- 
ble for its partial shifting during the winter season west and north from its 
breeding area, though it is so far impossible to designate the exact geographic 
souree of the individuals participating in this movement. - 
281 (474e) Otocoris alpestris actia Oberholser 
CALIFORNIA HorNED LARK 
Synonyms—Otocoris alpestris, part; Eremophila cornuta; Eremophila 
alpestris chrysolaema, part; Otocorys chrysolaema; Otocoris rufa; Otocoris 
alpestris chrysolaema; Otocoris alpestris rubea, part; Phileremos cornutus, part; 
Alauda alpestris; Otocoris alpestris arenicola, part; Otocorys strigata, part; 
Mexican Horned Lark; Sky Lark. 
Status—Common resident of the valleys and plains west of the Sierran di- 
vide from the vicinity of Stockton and San Francisco Bay in central California, 
south throughout the San Joaquin Valley and coastal area, and all through the 
San Diegan district to the Mexican line. This form also occurs limitedly on the 
desert drainage in Tehachapi Pass, in extreme northwestern Los Angeles County 
(Antelope Valley), and in San Gorgonio Pass. These birds exhibit intermedi- 
ateness towards O. a. ammophila. The northernmost breeding record is Cotati, 
Sonoma County (Mailliard coll.). Oberholser (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxrv, 1902, 
p. 849) found that the birds from Milton, ete., San Joaquin County, are interme- 
diate towards O. a. rubea. 
282 (474f) Otocoris alpestris rubea Henshaw 
Ruppy Hornep LarK 
Synonyms—Otocoris alpestris, part; Eremophila alpestris chrysolaema, 
part; Alauda rufa; Otocoris rubea. 
Status—Common resident in the northern Sacramento Valley. Recorded 
as breeding from Red Bluff, Tehama County (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
x, 1887, p. 210) south to Lincoln, Placer County (Adams, Placer Co. Inst. Res., 
1909, p. 85) and Drytown, Amador County, not typical (Mailliard coll.). Re- 
corded in winter north to Battle Creek, Shasta County (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., xxiv, 1902, p. 853), southwestward casually to Santa Cruz (Oberhol- 
ser, loc. cit.). 
283 (474g) Otocoris alpestris strigata Henshaw 
STREAKED Hornep Lark 
Synonym—Otocorys strigata, part. 
Status—Irregular winter visitant to the northern part of the state, chiefly 
through the Sacramento Valley. Recorded south to Stockton (Belding, Land 
Bds. Pac. Dist., 1890, p. 106), and San Francisco (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., xxiv, 1902, p. 838). According to the latter authority breeding horned 
larks from the vicinity of Lake Tahoe are referable to this form, though prob- 
ably as a result of intergradation between O. a. merrilli and O. a. rubea. 
