HORNED LARK. 331 



The Prairie HoKned Lark, O. alpestris praticola Henshaw, occurs in the upper 

 Misvsissippi valley, from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario south to Kansas, 

 Missouri, Illinois, Indiana to Vermont, etc. It winters south to South Carolina and 

 Texas. This is the Homed Lark which I found breeding from Wisconsin to south- 

 westeni Missouri. 



The Desert Horned Lark, O. alpestris arenicoln Henshaw, is a resident of the 

 Great Plains and the Great Basin. 



The Texas Horned Lark, O. alpestris g-iraudi Henshaw, is found in eastern and 

 south-eastern Texas, 



The Mexican Horned Lark, O. alpestris chrysolaema Stejn., represents the type 

 in the coast district of California and in different parts of Mexico. 



The Ruddy Horned" Lark, O. alpestris rabea Henshaw, inhabits the Sacramento 

 and San Joaquin valleys of California, while the Streaked Horned Lark, O. alpestris 

 strigata Henshaw^, is found in the coast regions of British Columbia, Washington, and 

 Oregon, and the islands off the coast of southern Californifl. 



The Scorched Horned Lark, O. alpestris adasta Dwight, is distributed over 

 southern Arizona and New Mexico, western Texas and southward into Mexico. 



The Dusky Horned Lark, O. alpestris merrilli Dwight, is a bird of eastern Oregon, 

 Washington, and British Columbia, between the Cascade and the Rocky Mountains. 



The SoNORAN HofeNED Lark, O. alpestris pallida Townsend, is a bird of Low^ef 

 California and Sonpra. 



DESCRIPTION of the most common form, the Prairie Horned Lark: Above, ashy-drab, vaguely strealsed 

 with dusky brown ; outer tail-feathers, black, outermost edged With white ; throat and superciliary 

 line, pale yellow; large black crescent on the breast and a smaller one under the eye; underneath, 

 whitish. The lengthened feathers above the ear form two slight "horns." 

 Length, 7.12 inches; wing, 4.16; tail, 2.99 inches. 



