132 TAVSA OF XEW EXGL.lXD. 



PASSERES. O.SCiyES. 



ALAT'DIDAE. 



249. Otocoris alpesteis Linne; Bonapane. 



Homed lark; Shore lark. 



RidgT\-av. Bull. .50,, U. -S. nat. mus., 1907, pt. 4, p. 303; Chap- 

 man, Bird-life, l^&S, pi. 34. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 2-59, pi. 58, 

 %. 15. 



Alauda alpestris Linne, Syst. nat.. ed. 10, 17.5S. vol. 1. p. 166. 



"iX AilERICA SEPTXXTRIOXALI.'"' 



Seashores and open field.?; nests on the ground. 



'My... X. H. — Common migrant and winter resident, chiefly 

 coasnvise. (Sefjt. 2-5, IMilo. Me.) Oct. IS- April ^May 1-7. Mon.son, 

 Me.). 



Vt. — Common migrant. Feb.-Mar. ; (Sept. 15)-Xov. 



ISLvs.s. — Common migrant, less common winter resident, mainly 

 coastwise. (Sept. 27) Oct. 17-April 19 (May 27). 



R. I. — Common migrant and winter resident. (Sept. 25)- 

 April 15. 



Coxx. — Common migrant and winter resident, mainly coast- 

 wise. Xov. lS-I\Iar. 26. 



250. Otocorls alpestrls pr.vticola Henshaw. 



Prairie homed lark. 



Hensh., Aiik. 1SS4, vol. 1, p. 264. "Richlaxd Co., III.," 

 bm t}-pe locality "Dexter, Colorado" (see Bull. .50. U. S. nat. 

 mus., 1907, pt. 4, p. 311, foot note). Egg, Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, 

 pi. 5, %. 25. 



Eremophila cornuia (Wils.). Baird. Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 Xo. Amer. birds, 1874, vol. 2, pi. 32, fig. 2 (bead of yotmg). 



Open fields; nests on the groimd. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident; casual in 

 winter. Feb. 10-Mar. 30; summer-Xov. 26 (Jan. 24, 1899, 

 Pittsfield). Eggs, ISIay 12-31. 



