i8S4.J IIensiiaw on tlic North American Shore Lctrhs. 26'7 



all the races. Six adult females, in spring pluinaye, are all so nearly alike 

 that the description given above would apply equally well to all of 

 them. 



O. alpestris rubeus, var. nov. Ruddy Horned Lark. 



SuBSP. Char. — Adult S (Stockton, California, No. 76599, L. Beld- 

 ing) : Occiput, hind neck, rump, upper surface of wings, and sides of 

 body deep cinnamon or ferruginous; feathers of back grayish brown, not 

 taking the form of distinct streaks. Superciliary stripe pale yellow. 

 Belly and under tail-coverts white; throat bright primrose-yellow. Sides 

 of breast deep cinnamon, in strong contrast with the white. Crescent, 

 malar and pectoral patches as in other forms. Female (No. 82413, Santa 

 Rosalia Bay ; L. Belding) : Upper parts light grayish cinnamon, brighter 

 on lesser wing-coverts and nape. Crown, back, and upper part of rump 

 broadly streaked with dark brown. Superciliary stripe buff-yellow. Chin 

 and throat clear buff-yellow. Jugular patch and patch on breast brownish 

 black; rest of under parts dull white, tinged on sides of breast with light 

 grayish cinnamon. 



Measurements: wing, 4.10; tail, 2.95; bill, .80; tarsus, .42 (largest of 



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 Measurements: wing, 3.60; tail, 2.60; bill, .75; tarsus, .42 (smallest of 



'I $)■ 



O. alpestris strigata, var. nov. Streaked Horned Lark. 



SuBSP. Char. — Most like chrysol(e?na, but differing in much darker 

 and less cinnamomeous coloration above, with the back broadly and dis- 

 tinctly streaked with dusky ; the lower parts either entirely j'ellow. or 

 with the breast yellow (very rarely destitute of yellow). 



Adult $, sprh/g phunage (No. S734, U. S. Nat. Mus. Ft. Steilacoom, 

 Puget Sound, April 15, 1856; Dr. Geo. Suckley, U. S. A.) : Upper parts, 

 in general, rather deep vinaceous, the back, scapulars, and rump, how- 

 ever, more grayish brown, very broadly and conspicuously streaked with 

 brownish black. Lower parts pale yellow, or yellowish white, becoming 

 nearly pure white on flanks and crissum. The usual black areas on head 

 and jugulum. Wing, 3. So; tail, 2.60; culmen, .45; tarsus, .75. 



Adult $, in ivinter (No. S0477, Yuba Co., California, February 1877; 

 L. Belding) : Similar to No. 8734, but upper parts more obscured by 

 brownish (the dark streaks of dorsal region very heavy and distinct, how- 

 ever), and yellow of lower parts much deeper, the whole surface posterior 

 to the jugular patch being light primrose-yellow, except the crissum, 

 which is white ; black jugular patch and that on fore part of crown slightly' 

 broken by vei^y narrow pale yellowish tips to feathers. Wing, 4.00; tail, 

 2.80; culmen, .40; tarsus, .80. 



Adult $ , in spring (No. 8733, U. S. Nat. Mus. Ft. Steilacoom, March 

 20,1856; Dr. Geo. Suckley) : Lesser wing-coverts bright cinnamon ; mid- 



