. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE KUDDY IIUKNKI) LAUK. 343 131. Otocoris alpestris rubea Hknshaw. UirDDY IIOKNKI) LAUK. 0[toconfii] atpestrin riibeus Henshaw, Auk, I, July, 1884, L'CT. (B-. (J-,B-,0-, 1-474/.) OEOGRAPillciAL RANGE: Viilloys of t\n\ interior of (^alit'ornia, hotdeiinp the Sacramento lliver, north to alxmt latitude KP, between tlie eoast ranj-es anil the Hi<n ra Nevada; soutli into the San Joa<iuin Valley in win
. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE KUDDY IIUKNKI) LAUK. 343 131. Otocoris alpestris rubea Hknshaw. UirDDY IIOKNKI) LAUK. 0[toconfii] atpestrin riibeus Henshaw, Auk, I, July, 1884, L'CT. (B-. (J-,B-,0-, 1-474/.) OEOGRAPillciAL RANGE: Viilloys of t\n\ interior of (^alit'ornia, hotdeiinp the Sacramento lliver, north to alxmt latitude KP, between tlie eoast ranj-es anil the Hi<n ra Nevada; soutli into the San Joa<iuin Valley in winter. Tho broc'iliuff riing'c of tlio IJiuldy Tfonicd Lfirk is coiifiiu'd, ns far iis known, to a compiirativoly .siimll aroa of tlm interior of tlit' nortlicrn lialf of California, flic valloys of tho Sacrauionto liivor and its larger tril);s, and also to tlio ninilicrn parts of tlii' San .loaipiin \'alli'y, liiit this is not yet known. It is <;-enerally a resident where founjis, in all j)robability of this species. I had secured a number of Horned Larks tho same mornin<»- in a stubble field, and a nest coutaininii' oue e<^' of the nsual olive- white col<»r, with minute dark spots, so characteristic of the e^-^' of the species, when a plowman ajjproached with a lu-st containin;r thiee coos of similar size and pattern of markiui^', but so suH'usi'd with a rich reddish brown as to be inu'ecoji'iiizalile. The uian said thev were those of a bird exactK' lik(^ the Otn- coris in my Moth nests were of eipial size, loosel}'made of jj^rasses and weeds, and jdaced amonjf the clods and stul)ltle. There wei'e no other l)irds on the entire jdain lint Horned Larks, ami as tlui e<;s aji'rei^ a\ ith no others, there no alternative but to call them ejijjs of this ;' Tho general habits, food, etc, reseuibht those of tho other meudjers of this family very closely, as well as the ej^ys, of which there are few in the I'uited
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