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1. Smaller, wing 4 to 4 J, averaging 41 inches; upper parts paler, 



more grayish and pinkish (3) 



2. Throat, forehead, and line over eye deep yellow, this color 



often suffusing rest of crown, occiput and auriculars.Horned Lark. 

 2. Throat pale yellow at least centrally, forehead, line over eye, 



and 'rest of pale areas on head white Hoyt Horned Lark. 



3. Throat yellowish white, the line over eye usually yellowish; upper 

 parts paler, more sandy brown than blackish; nape, upper tail- 

 coverts, and bend of wing more pinkish Desert Horned Lark. 



3. Throat pale yellow, the line over eye usually all white; upper parts 

 darker, more blackish than brown; nape, upper tail-coverts and 

 bend of wing less pinkish Prairie Horned Lark. 



474. Otocoris alpestris (Linnaeus) — Horned Lark. 



The typical form, breeding from Labrador to Hudson bay, in win- 

 ter descends chiefly along the Atlantic coast, but occasionally in the 

 Mississippi valley also to Illinois. A single specimen, taken at Lin- 

 coln by a student in the taxidermy class (full data unfortunately lost) 

 has been identified by Oberholser 'as typical alpestris. This record 

 extends the known winter range of this species considerably westward. 



474b. *Otocoris alpestris praticola Henshaw — Prairie Horned Lark. 



Eastern and especially southeastern Nebraska; common resident; 

 in summer rare west of the 97th meridian, in winter straggling west- 

 ward half way across the state. Breeds from late March to well into 

 July. Omaha, Peru, Lincoln, Beatrice, West Point — breeding. 



474c. *Otocoris alpestris leucolaema (Coues) — Desert Horned Lark. 



Greater portion of state especially westward; an abundant 

 resident, breeding east to at least the 99th meridian and northward 

 even farther, in winter over whole state but uncommon eastward. 

 Sioux, Cheyenne, Dundy, and Cherry counties, to Niobrara, Neligh, 

 etc. — breeding. Under this name are included those specimens re- 

 ferable to Oberholser's form enthymia which he has identified from 

 specimens taken at Valentine and Harrison. 



474k. Otocoris alpestris hoyti Bishop — Hoyt Horned Lark. 



Regular winter visitant, occurring over the entire state, never so 

 common as the two preceding forms and appearing usually in Febru- 

 ary. Breeds far north, from Hudson bay to the Mackenzie river and 

 south to Lake Athabasca. Oberholser has identified it from Pap- 

 illion, Platte Center, and Lincoln. It is here that most, if not all, 

 of the previous Nebraska records of the typical alpestris and of the 

 large so-called "leucolmma" (=arcticnla) belong. Omaha, West 

 Point, Covington. 



Family CORVID^ — Jays, Crows, Magpies, Etc. 



1. Color wholly black (2) — mostly blue (5) — neither wholly black nor 



mostly blue (9) 



