Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange. 
WESTERN HORNED LARKS. 
474c. Desert Horned Lark (O. a. leucolema). W. 
3, 4.1; §, 3-8. Forehead and line over eye very 
slightly, often not at all, tinged with yellow; throat 
ellow; back brown edged with pinkish gray; resem- 
ee No. 474b, but is paler and less distinctly streaked 
above. 
Range.—‘‘In summer, western United States from central Dakota, 
western Kansas and western Nebraska to Idaho and Nevada, north on 
the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains to Alberta; in winter, south 
to Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, and southeastern California.’’ (Ober- 
holser.) 
474e. California Horned Lark (O. a. actia). W. 
'; 3-93 2, 3-6. ', summer. Back of head and nape, 
spreading on to sides of breast, pinkish cinnamon; back 
distinctly streaked with brownish black; throat always, 
forehead and line over eye usually tinged with yellow. <, 
winter. less distinctly streaked above; cinnamon areas 
paler and with grayish tips; black areas more or less 
tipped with yellowish. 9, summer. Crown and back 
uniformly streaked with blackish margined with pink- 
ish gray. @, winter. Less distinctly streaked; black 
areas tipped with whitish. 
Range.—Northern Lower California north, west of the Sierra, 
to Marin and San Joaquin Counties, California. 
474f. Ruddy Horned Lark (O. a. rubea). Similar 
to No. 472e, but nape region, sides of breast, etc., 
much deeper in color, deeper than in any other of our 
Horned Larks; back less distinctly streaked with 
blackish and more ruddy in tone, ot sharply defined 
from nape; yellow areas richer in color. 
Range.—Sacramento County, California. 
474g. Streaked Horned Lark (O. a. strigata). 
Cinnamon areas less extensive: but nearly as deeply 
colored as in No. 474f; back distinctly and widely streak- 
ed with blackish; forehead, line over eye, throat and 
breast washed with yellow. 
Range —‘‘In summer, the states of Oregon and Washington west 
of the Cascade Mountains; in winter, to eastern Oregon and Wash- 
ington, south to northern California.’’ (Oberholser.) 
474h. Scorched Horned Lark (O. a. adusta). W. 
oC’, 45 2, 3-8. Nearest to No. 474], but the male 
differs in being nearly uniform pinkish brown above, 
back with only a few indistinct brownish streaks; 
color deeper, browner, more ruddy. 
Range.—‘‘In summer, the central part of extreme southern Arizona; 
in winter, northern Sonora and Chihuahva, Mexico.’’ (Oberholser.) 
474i. Dusky Horned Lark (0. a. merrill). W., 
4; 2, 3-8. Similar to No. .474b, but somewhat darker 
above, the line over the eye usually tinged. with yel- 
low. é 
Range.—‘‘In summer, northwestern United States, and southern 
British Columbia, from northeastern California and northwestern 
Nevada, northward through Oregon ani Washington east of the Cas- 
cade Mountains to British Columbia and extreme northern Idaho; in 
winter, south to central California.’’ (Oberholser.) 
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