CHARACTERS OF HARPORHYNCHUS CRISSALIS 



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€ri$$j!ial Thrasher 



Harporhyuclins crisisalis 



ToXOStoma Crtssalls, Henry, Pr. Phila Acad. x. 1858, 117 (" New Mexico"). 



HarporhynchUS crissalis, Bd. BNA. 1858, 350; atlas, i860, pi. 82.— Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad, 

 xi. 1859, 107.— Scl. PZS. 1859, 339 (critical).— B(i. RAB. 1864, i'/. — Corns, Pr. Phila. 

 Acad, xviii. 1866, 65 (Arizona).— Coo/;. Am. Nat. iii. 1869, 473.— Coop. B. Cal. i. 1870, 18, 

 &g.—Coues, Key, 1872, 75.— Ooues, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 370 (nest and eggs) ; vii. 1873, 

 328, f. 67.— Brew. Pr. Boat. Soc. xvi. 1873, 108 (egg).— S. B. ff R. NAB. i. 1874, 47, pi. 4, 

 f. l.— Yarr. d- Hensh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 6.—Hensk. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 40 (Saint 

 George, Utah), 97 (Arizona).— fle/is/t. List B. Ariz. 1875, 151.— Hensh. Zool. Expl. W. 

 100 Merid. 1876, 158. 



Happorryuchus crissales, Bd. Ives' Rep. Colo. R. pt. v. 1861, 6. 



Bed-Teated Thrasher, B. B. if R. 1. c. 



Hab. — Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Utah, and California in the Colo- 

 rado Valley. 



Ch. sp. — $ Immaculatus, alis cauddque innotatis, rostro 

 arcuato, gracilUmo, nigro. Fuscocinereus, infra dilutior, guld 

 alba strigis maxillarihus nigris, crisso castaneo. 



$ Brownish-ash, with a faint olive shade, the wings and tail purer and 

 darker fuscous, without white edging or tipping. Below, a paler shade of 

 the color of the upper parts. Throat and side of the lower jaw white, 

 with sharp black maxillary streaks. Cheeks and auriculars speckled with 

 whitish. Under tail-coverts deep rich chestnut, in marked contrast 

 with the surrounding parts. Bill black, slenderer for its length than 



Fig. 13. — Head of Crissal Thrasher ; nat. size. 



that of any other species, as long as that of vedmmis, arcuate. Length, 

 about 12 inches ; wing, 4 or rather less ; tail, about 6 (more or less, 

 thus absolutely longer than in any other species), its lateral feathers 1^ 

 shorter than the central ones ; bill, 1^ ; tarsus, 1^ ; middle toe and claw, 1^. 

 Belonging to the group of unspotted Thrashers, with very long arcuate 

 bills, this fine species is immediately distinguished by the abruptly chestnut 

 under tail-coverts, the contrast being fully as great as tLat seen in the Cat- 

 bird, Mimiis carolinensis-in fact, the bird looks uot very unlike a gigantic 

 faded-out Catbird. The sharp black maxillary streaks are also a strong 

 character. The bill is extremely slender, the tail at a maximum of length, 

 and the feet are notably smaller than those of H. redivivus. 



