Along the coast of Oregon and Washington Territory is a very peculiar race, represented in the collection by several specimens. These differ essentially in having the dark streaks above very sharply defined, broad and clear blackish-brown,[28] while the lower parts are strongly tinged with yellow, even as deeply so as the throat. Additional specimens from the northwest coast may establish the existence of a race as distinct as any of those named above. [26] The name in manuscript on the label of a specimen in the Schlüter collection, from Astrachan. [27] _Otocorys peregrina_, SCLATER, P. Z. S. 1855, 110, pl. cii. _Eremophila per._ SCL. Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 127. [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. Var. alpestris. _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. 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. _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.) _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°. Var. chrysolæma.