[28] A specimen from Cleveland, Ohio (7,429 ♀, April 1, Dr. Kirtland), and one from Washington, D. C. (28,246 ♂, Feb.), have nearly as distinct streaks above, but the white of lower parts is without any tinge of yellow.

_Alauda alpestris_, LINN. S. N. I, 289.—FORST. Phil. Trans. LXII, 1772, 383.—WILSON,—AUD.—JARD.—MAYNARD, B. E. Mass. 1870, 121. _Otocorys a._ FINSCH, Abh. Nat. 1870, 341 (synonomy and remarks). _Alauda cornuta_, WILS. Am. Orn. I, 1808, 85.—RICH. F. B. A. II. _Eremophila c._ BOIE, Isis, 1828, 322.—BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858, 403.—LORD, P. R. A. Inst. IV, 118 (British Col.).—COOPER & SUCKLEY, XII, 195.—DALL & BANNISTER, Tr. Ch. Ac. I, 1869, 218 (Alaska).—COOPER, Orn. Cal. 1, 1870, 251.—SAMUELS, 280. _Phileremos c._ BONAP. List, 1838. _Otocoris c._ AUCT. _Otocoris occidentalis_, MCCALL, Pr. A. N. Sc. V, June, 1851, 218 (Santa Fé).—BAIRD, Stansbury’s Rep., 1852, 318.

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CHAR. _Adult._ Frontal whitish crescent more than half as broad as the black patch behind it. Throat and forehead either tinged, more or less strongly, with yellow, or perfectly white. Pinkish tint above, a soft ashy-vinaceous.

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_Measurements._ (56,583 ♂, North Europe,) wing, 4.40; tail, 2.90; culmen, .60; width of white frontal crescent, .25; of black, .30. (3,780 ♂, Wisconsin,) wing, 4.20; tail, 3.00; culmen, .60; width of white frontal crescent, .30; of black, .26. (16,768 ♂, Hudson’s Bay Ter.,) wing, 4.55; tail, 3.10; culmen, .65; width of white frontal crescent, .35; of black, .36. (8,491 ♂, Fort Massachusetts,) wing, 4.35; tail, 3.15; culmen, .61; width of white frontal crescent, .27; of black, 27. (The three perfectly identical in colors.)

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_Young._ On the upper parts the blackish greatly in excess of the whitish markings. Spots across jugulum distinct.

HAB. Northern Hemisphere; in North America, breeding in the Arctic regions and the open plains of the interior regions, from Illinois, Wisconsin, etc., to the Pacific, north of about 38°.

_Alauda chrysolæma_, WAGL. Isis, 1831, 350.—BONAP. P. Z. S. 1837, 111. _Otocorys ch._ FINSCH, Abh. Nat. 1870, 341. _Alauda minor_, GIRAUD, 16 Sp. Tex. B. 1841. _Alauda rufa_, AUD. Birds Am. VII, 1843, 353, pl. ccccxcvii. _Otocoris r._, HEERM. X. s, 45. _? Otocorys peregrina_, SCL. P. Z. S. 1855, 110, pl. cii. _Eremophila p._, SCL. Cat. Am. B. 1860, 127.