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284 (474i) - Otocoris alpestris merrilli Dwight 
Dusky Hornep Lark 
Synonyms—Lremophila alpestris; Otocoris alpestris leucolaema, part; Oto- 
coris alpestris rubea, part. 
Status—Common resident of the Modoe region of northeastern California. 
Recorded as summering west to Shasta Valley (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna 
no. 16, 1899, p. 118), and south to Donner, Nevada County (Oberholser, Proc. U. 
S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 1902, p. 836). Occurs in winter widely through northern 
California, south to Lake Tahoe (C. Barlow, Condor, m, 1901, p. 167) and 
Stockton (Oberholser, loc. cit.), and west to Upper Lake, Lake County, and 
Yreka, Siskiyou County (J. Grinnell, Condor, v1, 1904, p. 52). 
285 (474c) Otocoris alpestris leucolaema (Coues) 
Desert Hornep LARK 
Synonym—Otocoris alpestris arenicola, part. 
Status—Winter visitant to the Inyo region of extreme eastern California; 
casual west of the Sierras at Stockton (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxtv, 
1902, pp. 820, 824). Recorded by the same authority as breeding on the White 
Mountains, Mono or Inyo county. 
286 (——) Otocoris alpestris ammophila Oberholser 
Mouave HorneEp Lark 
Synonyms—Otocoris alpestris arenicola, part; Otocoris alpestris pallida, 
part; Desert Horned Lark, part. 
Status—Common resident locally in the valleys of the Mohave desert and 
southern part of the Inyo region; recorded from northern part of Owens Valley 
and Panamint Mountains (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 66) 
southeast to Ivanpah Valley, San Bernardino County (Hollister, Auk, xxv, 1908, 
p. 460), and southwest to Mohave, Kern County (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., xxiv, 1902, p. 851), Victorville, San Bernardino County (J. Mailliard and 
J. Grinnell, Condor, vir, 1905, p. 76; Mus. Vert. Zool.), and, casually, to Santa 
Ysabel, San Diego County (Oberholser, loc. cit.). 
287 (474), part) Otocoris alpestris leucansiptila Oberholser 
Yuma Hornep Lark 
Synonym—Oftocoris alpestris pallida, part. 
Status—Common resident locally in the bed of the Colorado desert. Re- 
corded from Coyote Well, Imperial County, east to Yuma (Oberholser, Proe. U. 
S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 1902, p. 865), and northwest to Mecca, Riverside County 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
288 (474n) Otocoris alpestris insularis Townsend 
IsuANp HorNep Lark 
Synonyms—Otocoris alpestris strigata, part; Otocoris alpestris rubea, part; 
