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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



SO gentle that few persons would ever think of separating them 

 generieally. Even in individual specimens of the long billed species 

 there is much difference in this respect, showing that so far from 

 furnishing generic characters, it is not entirely available even for 

 specific indications. 



Harporliyncltus riifiis. 



Tardus rufus, LiNX. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 169, based on Catesby, 

 tab. 19. — Ib. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 293. — Harporhynchus rufus, Cab. 

 Mus. Hein. 1850, 82.— Baird, Birds N. Am. lii'SS, 353.— Sclatek, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, 340.— Ib. Catal. 1861, 8, no. 48.— Mimus rufus, Pr. 

 Max. Cab. Jour. 1858, 180. 



Figures : Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 11, pi. lix. — Wilson, Am. Orn. II, pi. 

 xiv. — AuD. Orn. Biog. pi. cxvi. 



Hab. United States, east of Rocky Mts., nortli to Lake Winnipeg. 



In the " Birds of North America" I have called attention to the 

 fact of the larger size, Avith disproportionately longer tails, and 

 rather more curved bills of specimens from the high plains beyond 

 the Missouri River. 



HJreett. 



(1,377.) 11.20. (2,261.) 9.75. (8,292.) 12.75. Iris orange. (8,819.) 12.00. Iris yellow. 



Harporliyuclius lougirostris. 



Orpheus lonrjirostris, Lafk. R. Z. 1838, 55.— Ib. Mag. de Zool. 1839, Ois. 

 pi. i. — Toxostoma longirostre, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, i, 207. — 

 Mimus longirostris, Sclatee, P. Z. S. 1856, 294 (Cordova). — Harpo- 

 rhynchus longirostris, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1850, 81. — Baird, Birds N. 

 Am. 1858, 352, pi. lii.— Sclatek, P. Z. S. 1859, 339.— Ib. Catal. 

 1861, 8, no. 47. 



Hab. Eastern Mexico ; north to Rio Grande, Texas. 



Among the specimens before me is one (28,030) from Mirador, 

 Mexico, which differs from the rest in rather deeper rufous above ; 



