CHARACTERS OF HARPORHYNCHUS BENDIRII 67 



ing notes to indioate its anger or alarm. In its general dis- 

 position, it appeared wild and suspicious. Hundreds of the 

 nests were observed in the ^'cholla" cactuses ; but at the time 

 (September 1 to 10) they were empty, and only one bird in nest- 

 ing-plumage was found. " Near a water-hole, some thirty miles 

 from Camp Lowell, where is found a meagre supply of the 

 precious fluid, which, from long standing, becomes so stagnant 

 and thick with mud that the thirsty animals which pass through, 

 though suffering terribly from the effects of many miles' weary 

 travel over the burning sands, often reject it, considerable 

 numbers of these Thrushes were noticed in the throngs of the 

 commoner kinds, as Sparrows and White-winged Blackbirds, 

 which resort here through the day to slake their thirst. The 

 brink of the pool was often crowded with hundreds of birds 

 brought thus together from common necessity, and forgetful of 

 aught else save the urgent need which impelled them to seek 

 that spot from great distances." 



Arizona. Thrasher 



Harporbynchns benilirii 



Harporhynchns bendlrei, Corns, Am. Nat. vii. 1873, 330, f. G^.— David Scott, Am. Nat. vii. 



1873, 565 (disallows the species, upon presumptive applicability of Darwinism). -B. B. (f 



iJ. NAB. sii. 1874, 500. 

 HarporhynchUS bendiri, Brew. Pr. Bost. See. xvi. 1673, 108 (eggs redescribed). 

 Harporhynchus cinereus var. bendirei, Hensh. List B. Ariz. 1875, 154. 



HarporhyuchUS ClnereHS car, bendieri, Hensh. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid, 1876, 154 (critical). 

 Bendire's Thrush, Coues, 1. c. 



Hab. — Arizona. 



Ch. sr. — $ 2 Bostro capite breviore, ad basin robusto, ad 

 a])icem acuminato, gonyde subrecto; tarso digito medio cum un- 

 gue longiore. Fiisco-cinereiis, subtus fusco-albidus, pectore macu- 

 lis fiiscis acutis, lateribus crissoque rufescentibm; strigis max- 

 illaribus nuUis. 



$ : Bill shorter than head, comparatively stout at base, very acute at tip, 

 the culmen quite convex, the gonys however only just appreciably concave. 

 Tarsus a little longer than the middle toe and claw. Third and fourth pri- 

 maries about equal and longest, fifth and sixth successively slightly shorter, 

 second equal to seventh, first equal to penultimate secondary in the 

 closed vfiug. Entire upper parts, including upper surfaces of wings a»id 

 tall, uniform dull pale grayish-brown, with narrow, faintly rusty edgings 

 of the wing-coverts and inuer quills, and equally obscure whitish tipping of 

 the tail-feathers. No maxillary nor auricular streaks ; no markings about 

 the head except slight speckling on the cheeks. Under parts brownish- 



