220 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



e. Otocoris alpestrig giraudi Henseaw. Texas Horned Lark. [474(2.] 



Otocorys alpestris giraudi Hbnshaw, Auk, I, July, 1884, 266. (Corpus 

 Christi, Texas.) 



Range.— Coast of Texas and Tamaulipas from Galveston Bay to a 

 little south of the Rio Grande. 



/. Otocoris alpestris S.ctia Oberbolser. California Horned Lark. [474e.] 



Otocoris alpestris actia Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, 

 845. (Jacumba, San Diego Co., California.) 



Range. — San Francisco Bay to northern Lower California, and the San 

 Joaquin Valley. 



g. Otocoris alpestris rubea Henshaw. Ruddy Horned Lark. [474/.] 



Otocorys alpestris rubeus Henshaw, Auk, I, July, 1884, 267. (Stockton, 

 California.) 



Range. — Sacramento Valley, California. 

 h. Otocoris alpestrig strig&ta Henshaw. Streaked Horned Lark. [474$.] 



Otocorys alpestris strigata Henshaw, Auk, I, July, 1884, 267. (Fort 

 Steilacoom, Washington.) 



Range. — Pacific coast belt. Breeds in Washington and Oregon west of the 

 Cascades; east in winter to eastern Washington and Oregon, south to northern 

 California. 



i. Otocoris alpestris adusta Dwight. Scorched Homed Lark. [474i^.] 



Otocoris alpestris adusta Dwight, Auk, VII, April, 1890, 148. (Fort 

 Huachuca, Arizona.) 



Range. — Southern Arizona, New Mexico, and north central Mexico. 



/. Otocoris alpestris m^rrilli Dwight. Dusky Horned Lark. [474i.] 



Otocoris alpestris merrUli Dwight, Auk, VII, April, 1890, 153. (Fort 

 Klamath, Oregon.) 



Range. — Northwestern semi-arid districts. Breeds chiefly in Transition 

 Zone from southern British Columbia and northwestern Idaho to northeastern 

 California east of the Cascades and northwestern Nevada ; winters south to 

 central California. 



k. Otocoris alpestris p&llida Dwioet. Sonora Horned Lark. [474/.] 



Otocoris alpestris pallida Dwight, Auk, VII, April, 1890, 154. (Direc- 

 tion Hill, between Adair Bay and mouth of Colorado River, Sonora, 



Mexico.) 



Range. — Lower Colorado Valley from southern Nevada to head of the Gulf 

 of California. 



