TUUDID.E — THE THRUSHES. ^>j 



C. Entirely nnspotteil bcnuath. 



5. H. redivivus. Anal region and lower tail-coverts light oebraceous. 



Above .soil brownish-cinereous, Uxil considerably darker; wing bands 

 almost obsolete, and tail-feathers merely diluted at tips. Beneath paler 

 than above, — almost white on throat and abdomen; anal region and 

 lower tail-coverts yellowish-ochraceous. A distinct " bridle " formed 

 by the hair-like tips of the leathers, bordering the throat; maxillary 

 stripe white W'ith transverse bars of dusky; wing, 3.90; tail, 5.25; bill, 

 1.05, slender, moderately curved; tarsus, 1.25; middle toe, .86 (40,718^ 

 20 miles from Colorado River, near Fort Mojave). Ilab. Arizona (Gila 

 River, Fort Yuma, and Fort Mojavc) var. lecontei. 



Above ashy drab, tail darker and more brownish ; wing bands incon- 

 spicuous, and tail-feathers hardly diluted at tips. Beneath, the oebrace- 

 ous covers the abdomen, and the throat inclines to the same. No 

 "bridle." Cheeks and ear-coverts blackish, with conspicuous shaft- 

 streaks of white; wing, 4.30; tail, .5.60; bill, 1.40, stout, very much 

 bowed, — the arch regular ; tarsus, 1.55 ; middle toe, 1.00 (3,932 ^, 

 California). Hub. Coast region of California . . . var. redivivus. 



6. H. crissaUs. Anal region and lower tail-coverts deep chestnut. 



Abiive, brownish-ashy with a slight purplish cast, tail not darker ; 

 no trace of wing bands ; tail-feathers diluted, and tinged with rusty at 

 tips. Beneath, of a uniform, paler tint than the upper plumage, not 

 lighter medially ; throat white, with a conspicuous " bridle " ; from this 

 up to the eye whitish, with transversely angular bars of dusky; wing, 

 4.00 ; tail, 0.50 ; bill, 1.25, very slender, bowed from the middle ; tar- 

 sus, 1.30; middle toe, .90 (11,533^ Fort Yuma). Hab. Region of 

 Gila River to Rocky Mountains ; north to Southern Utah (St. George, 

 breeding; Dr. Palmer). 



jo Harporhynchus rufus, Cab.a.xis. 



BROWN THSASHER. 



T Urdus rufus, Lixx. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. ITJS, 169, based on Catesby, tab. 19. — Ib. 



Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 293. — Gatke, Naumunnia, ISiJS, 424 (Heligoland, Oct. 1837). 



Harporhiimhus rufus, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1850, 82. — Baikd, Bird.s N. Am. 1858, 353. 



— Ib. Kev. Am. Birds, 44. — Sclatek, P. Z. S. 1859, 340. — 1b. Cutal. 1861, 8, no. 



48. —Samuels, 163. Mimns rufus, Vii. Max. Cab. Jour. 1858, 180. 

 Figures : Vieillot, Ois. Am. .Sept. II, pi. lix. -WiLsox, Am. Orn. II, pi. xiv. — AfD. 



Orn. Biog. pi. cxvi. 



Sp. Char. Exposed portion of the bill shorter than the head. Outline of lower man- 

 dible straight. Above hght cinnamon-red; beneath pale rufous-white with longitudinal 

 streaks of dark brown, excepting on the chin, throat, middle of the belly, and under tail- 

 eovertij. These spots anteriorly are reddish-brown in their terminal portion. The inner 

 surface of the wing and the inner edges of the primaries are cinnamon ; the concealed 

 portion of the quills otherwise is dark brown. The median and greater wing-coverts 

 become blackish-brown towards the end, followed by white, producing two conspicuous 

 bands. The tail-feathers are all rufous, the external ones obscurely tipped with whitish ; the 

 shafts of the same color>vith the vanes. Length, 11.15 ; wing, 4.15 ; tail, 5.20 ; tarsus, 1.30. 



Hab. Eastern North America to Missouri River, and perhaps to high central plains 

 United States, east of Rocky Mountains, north to Lake Winnipeg. 



