BIRDS OV XOKTIT AXn MTDPLR AMRFJCA. 187 



/. Rmaller and darker, with under purls much more distinctly spotted; 

 a.lult male averaging wing 108.4. tail 111. expose.l eulmen 30.2; 

 adult female, wing 102. tail 111.8. exposed eulnuMi 2<t.7. (Southern 

 Sonera and southwestern Chihuahua.) 



Toxostoma curvirostre maculatum (p. 202) 



f. Larger and paler, with und.r parts much h ss distinetly spotted (the 



spots often (»hsole.seent); adult male averaging wing 111, tail 119.3, 



exposed eulmen 32.1; adult female, wing 109.8,- tail 119.3, exposed 



eulmen:'.!. ( Arizona and Sonora.) .Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri (1). 202) 



an. Under parls immaculate. 



b. Under t:iil-coverts cinuamnn-lmlT or tawny. 



c. Larger and darker.the upper parts dark hair l)rown. the abdonuui cinnamon- 

 huffy; adult male averaging wing 102.0, tail 129.7, expo.sed eulmen 36.3; 

 adult femtfle, wing 100.6, tail 127.2, exposed eulmen 3(5.2. (California, 

 west of Sierra Nevada, and uorthern Lower Califfirnia.) 



Toxostoma redivivum (p. 203) 

 cc. Smaller and paler, the upper parts pale brownish gray ( r grayisli brown, the 

 abdomen white or huffy white; adult male averaging wing 98.1. tail 121.7, 

 exposed eulmen 32.8; adult female, wing 95.4, tail 118.7. exposed eul- 

 men 32.7. [Toxostoma Iccontci.) 

 d. Paler. (Desert region of southern California, Nevada, and Utah, Arizona, 



and northern Sonora.) Toxostoma lecontei lecontei (]). 205) 



dd. Darker. (Vicinity of Santa Rosalia P.ay. Lower California.) 



Toxostoma lecontei arenicola (p. 207) 

 bb. Under tail-coverts chestnut. (Western Texas to southeastern California, northern 

 Lower California, and southern Utah and Nevada.) 



Toxostoma crissale (p. 207) 



TOXOSTOMA RUFUM (Linnaeus). 

 BROWN THRASHER. 



Adults (i^fxefi alll-e). — Above plain dull rinnanion-nifous or tawny- 

 rufous, becoming paler and duller on supGrciliary region and emargi- 

 nated'terntinar portion of outer webs cf primaries; middle and 

 greater wing-coverts tipped with white (spring and summer) or 

 pale buff (autumn and winter), producing two distinc:. bands across 

 wing, each white or huffy band inmiediately preceded by a nar- 

 rower and less distinct one of dusky; outermost rectrices indistinctly 

 tipped with buff or huffy \\'hiiish (worn away in summer plumage) ; 

 auricular region light rusty brown, narrowly streaked with dull 

 whitish or pale huffy; malar region dull white or pale buff, usually 

 more or less flecked with brown or dusky, especially on posterior 

 porti(Mi; under i)arts ]>ale l)uff, approaching huffy white on chin, 

 throat, and abdomen (entirely buff in fresh autumnal and early 

 winter plumage), the chest, sides, and flanks broadly streaked with 

 brown or dusky," the streaks smaller and narrowly wedge-shaped 

 on ui)per chest, l)roader on sides of breast, longer on Hanks; throat 

 margined along each side by a series of blackish strealvs, fornnng 



" Frequenlly these streaks ate all entirely dusky, but usually those on chest and 



sides uf breast'(espeeially the latter) an> brown or dull rusty edged with dusky. 



