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Otocoris alpestris alpestris, OberMser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. p. 807 



(19°2)- ... ... 



Eremophila alpestris alpestris, Sartert^ Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. in. p. 255 



(1905). 



Eggs of the Horned Lark are of a pointed oval shape and are 

 distinctly glossj'. They are greenish-white, profusely freckled all 

 over with greenish-grey or pale olive-brown, with traces of pale 

 lavender underlying the other nlarkings. Some specimens exhibit 

 a few black specks and fine lines on the broad end. The markings 

 are often very dense at this end, and form a weU^defined confluent 

 zone. Specimens measure from -86 to -98 in length, and from "6 

 to 'GS in breadth. 



2. Greenland (jTnsfraTO CbW.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. North America {Smiths. Inst). Salvin-Qodman Coll. 



2. Labrador. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Labrador {Bidwell Coll.). Crowley Boquest. 



2. Repulse Bay, Arctic America. Dr. J. Rae [P.]. 



Otocorys flava (Cfniel.). 



Alauda alpestris, Thien. Fortj)flanz. ges. Vog. p. 385, tab. xxvi. fig. 3, a-d 



(1845-64) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 178*, pi. xlv.* 



(1856) ; Wheelwright, Spring <§• Summer in Lapl. p. 290 (1871) ; 



Seebnhtn, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 284, pi. 15 (1884) ; id., Eggs of Brit. 



Birds, p. 259, pi. 58. fig. 15 (1896) ; Bey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. 



p. 252, pi. 85. fiss. 9-12 (1900). 

 Phileremos alpestris, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 86. fig, 1 (1856-63) . 

 Otocorys alpestris, Dresse?; Birds Eur. iv. p. 387(1874) [part.]; Seehohm, 



Ibis, 1878, p. 341 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 541 (1890) 



[part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamnd. p. 133 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. 



BiWs.pt.i. p. 378(1902). 

 Otocoris alpestris flava, Oberholser, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiv. p. 810 



(1902). 

 Eremophila alpestris flava, Sariert, Vdg. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 255 



(1905). 

 Otocorys alpestris, Sharpe, Eand-l v. p. 167 (1906) [pt.]. 



Eggs of the European Horned Lark are indistinguishable from 

 those of the typical North-American form, 0. alpestris, both in 

 colour and size. They measure from -85 to 1-03 in length, and 

 from "6 to "65 in breadth. 



1. Norway (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Varanger Fjord, Norway, 3rd June Seebohm CoU. 



(iJ. Colleit). 



4. Varanger Fjord, 24th June (iVon^OT). Seebohm Coll. 



4. VarangerFjord, 30th June (ilfeues). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Varanger Fjord, 15th June. W. Radelitte Saunders, Esq. 



3. Vadso, 25th June. Seebohm Coll. 



4 Vadso, 15th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



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