BIRDS ALAUDIDAE EREM0PII1LA CORNUTA. 403 
Comparative measurements of species. 
Catal. 
No. 
1190 
do. 
8491 
do. 
3702 
Species. 
Locality. 
Sex. 
Length. 
Stretch 
o wings. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
Middle 
toe. 
Its claw. 
Bill 
above. 
Along 
gape. 
Specimen 
measured. 
Carlisle, 1'a 
<J 
7.00 
7.75 
7.20 
7 50 
6.60 
6.40 
5 80 
7.00 
6.76 
6.70 
4.35 
4.50 
4.32 
3.34 
0.93 
0.80 
0.28 
0.52 
0.65 
14.75 
Fresh 
Eremophila occidentalis ?. 
Fort Massachusetts. 
8 
3.30 
0.82 
0.81 
0.34 
0.4G 
0.62 
4.10 
4.00 
3.83 
4.00 
3.58 
8.84 
2.92 
2.80 
0.84 
0.80 
0.76 
0.66 
0.72 
0.30 
0.23 
0.28 
0.40 
0.40 
0.54 
0.56 
0.52 
Skin 
8726 
8728 
do. 
9115 
8732 
Fresh 
Skin 
11.00 
Mexico 
3 
9 
3.08 
2.70 
0.86 
0.78 
0.66 
0.73 
.... 
0.22 
0.24 
0.48 
0.44 
0 60 
0.66 
Fort Steilacoom 
EREMOPHILA CORNUTA, Boie. 
Sky Lark ; Shore Lark. 
Eastern and Northern variety. 
Mauda comuta, Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 85, (in text.)— Rich. F. Bor. Am. II.— Maxim. Retse Nord. Am. 1, 
1839, 367. 
Eremephila comuta, Boie, Isis, 1828, 322. 
Pltilcrcmos cornutus, Bonap. List, 1838. 
Otocoris cornutus, of authors. 
Mauda alpestris, Forster, Phil. Trans. LXII, 1772, 383.— "Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 85 ; pi. v, f. 4.— Bon. Obs. 
1825, No. 130. — Nut tall, Man. I, 1832, 455.— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 570; V. 448 ; pi. 200.— 
Ib. Syn. 1839, 97.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 44 ; pi. 151.— Jardine, Br. Birds, II, 329, (Am. sp.) 
Western and Soiithcrn variety. 
Mauda chrysolaema, Wagler, Isis, 1831, 350.— Bp. Pr. Zool. Soc. 1837, 111. 
Mauda minor, Giraud, 16 sp. Texas Birds, 1841. 
Mauda rvfa, Aud. Birds Amer. VII, 1843, 353 ; pi. 497. 
Otocoris occidentalis, M'Call, Pr. A. N. S. Phil. V, June 1851,218, Santa Fe.— Baird, Stansbury's Report, 1852, 318. 
Sp. Ch. — Above pinkish brown, the feathers of the back streaked with dusky. A broad band across the crown, extending 
backwards along the lateral tufts; a crescentic patch from the bill below the eye and along the side of the head ; a jugular 
crescent, and the tail feathers, black ; the innermost of the latter like the back. A frontal band extending backwards over the 
eye, and under parts, with outer edge of wings and tail white. Chin and throat yellow. 
Length of Pennsylvania specimens, 7.75; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.25 ; bill above, .52. 
Var. chrysolaema, smaller and lighter colored. 
Hab. — Everywhere on the prairies and desert plains of North America. Atlantic States in winter. 
Second quill longest ; first and third a little shorter. Above pinkish brown, brightest on 
the back of the neck, the wing coverts, and rump; a brownish tinge on the interscapular region, 
each feather obscurely dusky centrally. There is a black band from the nostrils, to and beneath 
the eye, curving down towards the throat a short distance behind the eye. A broad band of 
black across the forehead extending backwards over the tufts alongside the vertex. A short? 
broad jugular collar ; the rest of the under parts white, with a brownish tinge behind the black 
of the breast ; the sides, especially along the thighs and breast, like the back. A frontal band, 
superciliary stripe from the bill, and throat anterior to the pectoral collar, yellow in winter. 
Tail black, the outer feather edged with white, the innermost colored like the back and resem- 
bling an elongated upper tail covert. Wing quills brown, darker at the tips, the outer edged 
with white. 
In summer the yellow tints disappear in great measure, leaving a white frontal band succeeded 
