PALLID HORNED LARK—Family Alaudidæ.
474a. Otocoris alpestris arcticola. 8½ inches.
This is the largest of the Larks. It has the throat white, with no trace of yellow; the horned tufts are black, and curve upwards. Found in Alaska, south to Oregon (not illustrated).
DESERT HORNED LARK.
474c. Otocoris alpestris leucolæma. 8 inches.
Found from British Columbia south, in winter to southern California, Texas and New Mexico. They are one of our handsome winter birds, with horn-like tufts of black on either side of the head; forehead, patch under the eye and band on the breast black; yellow throat, and white under parts; upper parts, a light pinkish shade of brown. Three or four eggs, white, marked with shades of brown, are placed in their nest of grasses and rootlets, on the ground, usually concealed under a tuft of grass (.92 × .65).
CALIFORNIA HORNED LARK.
474e. Otocoris alpestris actia. 8 inches.
Similar, but back deeper brown. Southern and Lower California.