344 LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



The measurements of the four eggs of this subspecies in the United States 

 National Museum collection are as follows : The single normally colored egg, No. 

 21703, taken on May 4, 1884, measures 19.81 by 15.24 millimetres, or 0.78 by 

 0.60 inch; No. 21704, a set of three eggs taken on the same date and at the 

 same place, the reddish-colored specimens, measure, respectively, 20.83 by 

 14.73, 18.54 by 14.48, and 19.56 by 14.48 millimetres, or 0.82 by 0.58, 0.73 by 

 0.57, and 0.77 by 0.57 inch. 



The type specimen, No. 21704 (PL 5, Fig. 29), the largest egg of the set 

 just mentioned, was obtained by Mr. Charles H. Townsend near Red Bluff, Cal- 

 ifornia, on May 4, 1884, and represents an abnormally colored specimen of this 

 subspecies. 



132. Otocoris alpestris strigata Henshaw. 



STREAKED HORNED LARK. 



O[tocorys\ alpestris strigata Henshaw, Auk, I, July, 1884,267. 

 (B — , C — , R — , C — , U 4740.) 



Geographical range : Coast regions of Oregou, Washington, and southern British 

 Columbia, west of the Cascade Mountains ; south in winter to southern California. 



The breeding range of the Streaked Horned Lark, as far as known, is 

 confined to the coast districts of Oregon, Washington, and southern British 

 Columbia, including the areas of heavy rainfall, and it probably also breeds in 

 similar localities in northern California. In these generally heavily timbered 

 regions it inhabits the few dry prairies and more open valleys found near the 

 coast. Mr. H. P. Lawrence met with a single specimen near Fddgefield, Clarke 

 County, Washington, where it appeared to be rare, on July 13, 1892. During 

 a recent visit to Puget Sound, in May, 1894, I found it moderately common on 

 the dry, gravelly plains between Tacoma and Steilacoom, in Pierce County. 

 While some were still in small flocks, many were apparently already mated, 

 and some, judging from their actions, had nests close by ; but on account of the 

 limited time at my disposal I did not succeed in finding any. Mr. John Fannin, 

 curator of the Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, records specimens 

 taken at Burrard Inlet, Chilliwhack, and other localities west of the Cascades, 

 in this province. Mr. A. W. Anthony met with this race at Beaverton, Oregon, 

 where it breeds. A deserted nest containing three eggs was found by him on 

 May 21, 1884, placed in an old cow track, consisting merely of a few grass stems 

 and lined with a little cattle hair. These eggs measure 20.83 by 15.24, 20.57 

 by 15.24, and 20.07 by 14.99 millimetres, or 0.82 by 0.60, 0.81 by 0.60, and 

 0.79 by 0.59 inch, and are undoubtedly referable to this subspecies. On May 

 25 a female was shot with an egg in the oviduct ready to deposit. The ground 

 color of the set previously mentioned shows the pale-greenish tint occasionally 

 found in the eggs of this genus, and one of them has a few reddish-brown 



