WITH BROWN PREDOMINATING 209 



494 g. STREAKED HORNED LARK. — Otocoris alpestris 

 strigata. 



Family : The Larks. 



Length: Male 6.75-7.25; female 6.25-6.50. 



Adult Male: Upper parts dull olive-brown ; back broadly and conspicu- 

 ously streaked with black ; nape and ramp ruddy ; under parts 

 generally pale yellow. 



Adult Female : Similar, but upper parts more olivaceous and more dis- 

 tinctly streaked. 



Geographical. Distribution: Coast districts of Oregon, Washington, and 

 British Columbia, west of the Cascade Mountains, south in winter to 

 Southern California. 



Breeding Range : Coast region of British Columbia, Washington, Ore- 

 gon, and possibly the northwestern corner of California. 



Breeding Season : May. 



Nest : On the ground, in a depression ; of grass stems, and lined with 

 cattle hair. 



Eggs: 3 or 4 ; grayish or pale greenish tint. Size 0.83 X 0.56. 



524. GRAY-CROWNED LEUCOSTICTE. — Leucostkte 

 tephrocotis. 



Family : The Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



Length: 5.75-6.85. 



Adult Male : General plumage deep cinnamon-brown ; forehead and fore 

 part of crown black ; rest of head gray, but not spreading down over 

 ear-coverts ; bill black ; back, rump, and belly streaked with black- 

 ish ; upper tail-coverts, wings, and tail more or less tinged with pink ; 

 winter plumage edged with whitish ; black crown smaller ; bill yellow, 

 tipped with black. 



Adult Female : Similar to male, but colors paler and duller ; same 

 change in winter. 



Young : General plumage brownish, without the characteristic markings 

 of the male. 



Geographical Distribution : Along the crests of the Rocky Mountains and 

 the Sierra Nevada and the highest peaks of the Cascades, from 

 British America south to Mexico. 

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