BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 201 



M[ethriopterus] curiiroslris Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, June 12, 1882, 



45, in text. 

 [Ilarporhynchus] curvirosiris Coues, Key N. Am. Birds. 1872, 75, part. — Sclater 



and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 3, part. 

 [Ilarporhynchus curvirosiris] var. curvirosiris Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 



N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 36, part. 

 [Harporhynchus curvirosiris palmcri] a. curvirosiris Coues, Birds Col. Val., 1878, 



64, 65. 

 Pomatorhinus tunlinus Temminck, PI. Col., livr.. 1827, pi. 441 ("New Hol- 

 land" — error). 

 Turdus dejlexus Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 2; Journ. fiir Orn., 



1863, 57 (reprint). 

 (?) Toxostoma vetula Wagler, Isis. 1831, 528 (Mexico). [May be tlie same as T. c. 



palmeri.] 

 H[arporhynchis] veiulus Cabanis, Mus. Ilein., i, 1850, 81, footnote. 

 [Harporhynchus] veiulus Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1882, 49 



(Mexico). 



TOXOSTOMA CURVIROSTRE OCCIDENTALE (^Ridgway). 

 MAZATLAN THRASHER. 



Similar to T. c. curvirostre , but larger, with relatively longer tail; 

 color of upper parts browner (hair brown or nearly broccoli brown 

 instead of drab-gray) ; under parts more buffy, the under tail-coverts 

 deeper buff ( ochraceous-buff) ; white tips to lateral rec trices averaging 

 narrower, but equally sharply defined. 



Adult moZe.— Length (skins), 257-289 (274.4); wing, 109-116.5 

 (112); tail, 114-125.5 (120.5); exposed culmen, 29.5-34.5 (32.3); 

 tarsus, 31.5-36 (34.3); middle toe, 24.5-27 (25.1).« 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 255; wing, 110; tail, 115; exposed 

 culmen, 31.5; tarsus, 34.5; middle toe, 24.^ 



Coast district of western Mexico, in States of Sinaloa (Mazatlan; 

 Rosario; Altata; Culiacan) and Jahsco (Bolanos;<^ San Cristobal;'^ 

 Sierra Nevada) and Territory of Tepic. 



Harporhynchus curvirosiris (not Orphcjis curvirosiris Swainson) Baird, Review 



Am. Birds. 1864, 45, part (Mazatlan). — Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., 



ii, 1874, 267 (Mazatlan; Tepic). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 



N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 41, part (Mazatlan). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 



Centr.-Am.. Avcs, i, 1879, 32 (Mazatlan; Tepic).— Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. 



Mus., vi, 1881, 358, part (in synonymy). 

 C?) [Harporhynchus] curvirosiris Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 3, 



part. 

 [Harporhynchus curvirosiris] var. curvirosiris Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 



N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 36, part. 



« Seven specimens. 



b One specimen. 



c Some specimens from Bolanos agree bottiT in mcasurcincnts and coloration of 

 upper parts with 7'. c. curvirostre. 



'i Specimens from San Cristoltal arc i)crliaps nearer 7'. r. curvirostre, l)oth as to meas- 

 urements and coloration. 



