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and around meadows. It is more abundant in the valleys in winter 

 than in summer. 



Once, having shot a Quail which fluttered violently, one of these buds 

 pounced upon it and began to tear it. 



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98. Perisoreus canadensis (y. obscurus, Ridgw. ?).* — Oregon Gray Jay. 



On October 7, I saw at Summit Meadows what I supposed to be this 

 bird. It is said to breed in the high parks of Castle Peak, a few miles 

 north of the Summit Meadows. 



Family ALAUDID^E : The True Lakes. 



99. Eremophila alpestris, (Forst.). — Horned Lark. 



The Horned Lark was common at Marysville in the winter of 1877-78, 

 in flocks of not more than twenty-five or thirty, generally less. A small 

 flock was seen at Summit Meadows in the fall of 1877. 



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~99<7. Eremophila alpestris, ; 3. chrysclaema, (Wagl.). — Southern Horned Lark, 



This form of the Horned Lark is an abundant resident at Marysville, 

 in summer frequenting the dry plains, especially those near the low. 

 rolling hills on the eastern margin of the valley, where the growth of 

 vegetation is meagre. In December, 1878, it was abundant on The low. 

 rolling hills east of Stockton, on the road to Copperopolis. 



The difference in appearance between a flock of these while on a 

 field of short, green grass in bright sunshine, and that of a flock of the 

 northern variety is so great that any collector could not fail to observe it.f 



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* It is somewhat uncertain whether the birds alluded to above are of the Oregon 

 rra (obscurus) or the Rocky Mountain race ((3. cajritalis, Baird). Judging from an- 

 ogy, however, in the cases of Cyanocitta and Jpheloeoma, they should be the former, 

 probability strengthened by the fact that Mr. Henshaw obtained specimens of oh- 

 ms at Camp Bidwell, in the northern Sierra Nevada. — R. R. 



tThe fine series of this very strongly marked race, sent by Mr. Bedding, shows 

 usual uniformity of characters for birds of this genus, there being little variation 

 mong individuals. The light pinkish gray tints of the more northern and eastern 

 ims (alpestris and leucoicema) are replaced, by a very deep cinnamon color, or rusty 

 rown, while the size is decidedly smaller. They agree quite closely with Mexican 

 xamples, as described in History of North American Birds (vol. ii, p. 144). — R. R. 



