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LARKS 
474d. O. a. giraudi Hensh. Texan Horned Lark. 
Upper parts grayish (especially in female); male with superciliary, 
throat, and breast usually pale yellow, breast usually marked with gray¬ 
ish brown in both sexes. Male: length 6.50-6.75, wing about 3.80-3.85, 
tail 2.60. Female : length 5.80-6.00, wing about 3.50, tail 2.35. 
Distribution. — Coast region of Texas and northeastern Tamaulipas, from 
Galveston Bay to the Rio Grande region. 
474e. O. a. actia Oberh. California Horned Lark. 
Upper parts rufescent; nape, shoulders, and rump pinkish, in contrast 
to back ; forehead, superciliary, and throat pale yellow; rest of under 
parts white. Male: wing 3.70-4.05, tail 2.44-2.75. 
Distribution. — Southern California, including Mohave Desert, Owen 
Valley, and San Joaquin Valley. 
474f. O. a. rubea Hensh. Ruddy Horned Lark. 
Back of head and neck brick red, rest of upper parts suffused with red; 
forehead, superciliary, and throat yellowish; sides marked with reddish 
brown. Male : length 6.50-7.00, wing 3.70-4.10, tail 2.60-2.90. Female: 
length 6.00-6.50, wing 3.50-3.70, tail 2.35-2.65. 
Distribution. — Sacramento Valley, California. 
474g. O. a. strigata Hensh. Streaked Horned Lark. 
Back heavily streaked with black in sharp contrast to deep ruddy nape ; 
under parts partly or wholly yellow. Male : length 6.75-7.25, wing 3.70- 
4.10, tail 2.70-3.05. Female: length 6.25-6.50, wing 3.60-3.85, tail 2.50- 
2.80. 
Distribution. — Coast region from British Columbia south to California. 
Nest. — In a hollow, on dry ground, usually frail, made of fine dead weeds. 
Eggs : usually 2 or 3, dull greenish or grayish, marked over entire surface 
with gray or reddish, heaviest around larger end. 
474h. O. a. adusta Dwight. Scorched Horned Lark. 1 
Pale like occidentalism but back much darker, uniform scorched pink or 
pinkish brown. Male: wing 4, tail 2.83, bill from nostril .36. Female: 
wing 3.73, tail 2.48, bill from nostril .34. 
Distribution. — From central southern Arizona, south to Mexico. 
474i. O. a. merrilli Dwight. Dusky Horned Lark. 
Similar to strigata , but larger, grayer above, streaking of back blacker 
and back of neck paler, pinkish instead of ruddy brown ; less yellowish 
below ; eyebrow usually yellowish. Male : wing 4.07, tail 2.80, bill from 
nostril .35. Female: wing 3.72, tail 2.50, bill from nostril .34. 
Distribution. — From British Columbia south between the Cascades and 
Rocky Mountains; in winter to Nevada and California. 
474j. O. a. pallida Dwight. Pallid Horned Lark. 
Back of head and neck pale pinkish; rest of upper parts grayish, streaked 
with pale brown; forehead and superciliary white, faintly washed with 
yellow; throat pale yellow. 
1 Otocoris alpestris aphrasta Oberholser. 
Like adusta , but back less reddish, back of neck and bend of wing more pinkish. 
Distribution. — Extreme southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and Chi¬ 
huahua, Coahuila, and Durango, Mexico. 
