HAEPOEHYNCHUS EUFUS, THEASHEE. 9 



(Fort Union, breeding).— Cottes, Key, 1872, 74.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 



174 (Kansas, Colorado, Utah).— Mayx., B. Fla. 1872, 19.— And of most late 



authors. 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Cab.— Bd., Eev. 1864, .54.— Sumich., Mem. Bost. See. i, 1869, 544 



(Vera Cruz, transient).— Scl., P. Z. S. 1870, 836 (Honduras).— Stev., U. S. Geol. 



Surv. 1870, 464.— Mekh.. ibid. 1872, 670. 

 Felirox carolinensis, Bp., Comp. Eend. xxviii, 1853, p. — 

 Tardus felivox, Vleill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 10, pi. 67. — Bp., Journ. Phila. Acad, iv, 



1825, 30; Syn. 1823, 75.— Nutt., i, 1832, 332.— AuD., Orn. Biog. ii, 171; v, 440; 



pi. 128. 

 Orpheus felivox, Sw. «& EiCH., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 192.— Aud., Syn. 1839, 88.— AuD., B. Am. 



ii, pi. 140. 

 Mimns felivox, Bp., Comp. List, 1838, 18 ; Consp. Av. i, 1850, 276. 

 Tardus lividus, Wils., Am. Orn. ii, 1»10, 90, pi. 14, f. 3. 



Hob. — United States, north to Eed Eiver and Saskatchewan (latitude 54°, Eicliard- 

 8on) ; west to the Columbia, to Utah, Wyoming and Colorado ; south to Panama. Mexico. 

 Cuba. Eesident in the Southern States. Breeds throughout its North American range. 



Not obtained by Captain Eaynokls' Expedition. 



Lieutenant JVarren^s Expedition. — 4704, White Eiver; 5285, 5286, Fort Lookout. 



Later Expeditions. — 59853, Berthoud's Pass, Colorado; 60443, La Bout6 Creek, Wy- 

 omiug; 60720, Fort Bridger; 61653, Ogden, Utah. 



The known range of this faiDiliar species has been greatly extended 

 of late. It was taken in Washington Territory by the Northwest 

 Boundary Survey Commission; in Kansas, Colorado, aud Utah by Mr. 

 Allen's expedition from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, aud in Wy- 

 oming by Mr. Stevensou. Dr. Hayden remarks its abundance from the 

 mouth of the Missouri to the mountains. 



Eggs pure dark-green, unmarked, 0.92 by G8 in size, four or five in 

 number. Nest in bushes, bulky and inartistic, made of bark-strips, 

 weed-stalks, leaves, and rootlets. 



HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS, (Linn.) Cab. 

 Sandy Mockingbird; Thrasher* 



Tardus rufus, Lixx., Syst. Nfit. i, 1766, 293.— Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 4, pi. 59.— 



Wils., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 83, pi. 14. — Bp., Syn. 1828, 75.— Aud., Orn. Biog. ii, 



1834, 102; v, 1839, 441 ; pi. 116. 

 (hpheus rufus, 8ws. & Eich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 189.— Nutt., Man. i, 1832, 328.— Aud., 



B. Am. iii, 1841, 9, pi. 141.— Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 116 (Minnesota). 

 Mimus rufus. Gray, Genera of Birds. — Bp., Comp. List, 1838, 18. 

 Toxostoma rufum. Cab., Weigm. Archiv. 1847, 207. 

 Sarporkynehus rufus. Cab., Mus. Hein. 1851, 82.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 353. — Hayd., Eep. 



1862, 163.— Bd., Eev. 1864, 44.— Coop., Am. Nat. iii, 1869, 296 (Upper Missouri, 



breeding).— CouES, Key, 1872, 75.— Allex, BuU. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 173.— Mayn., 



B. Fla. 1872, 21. — Aud of most late authors. 

 Harporhynchus rufus var. longicauda, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 353, in text. — Stev., U. S. Geol. 



Surv. 1872, 464. 



Uab. — Eastern United States; north to Eed Eiver; west through Nebraska, Dakota, 

 and Colorado. From the Eio Grande southward replaced by a longer-billed, darker- 

 colored race {H. longirosiris). Winters in Southern United States. Breeds thioughout 

 its range. (No West Indian or Central American quotations.) 



List of specimens. 



This specimen represents the subvariety rufus longicauda. So, also, does No. 60442, 

 expedition of 1870, Bitter Cottonwood Creek, Wyoming. 



Lieutenant Wnrrcn^s Expedition. — 4553, Missouri Eiver; 5283, 5284, Fort Lookout; 

 4703, Eunning Water; 8819, 8820, Loup Fork. 



These specimens are of the ordinary forui, and probably represent 

 nearly the western liiuit of the typical species. 1 have seen it at Fort 

 Randall. The following interesting biographical note is communicated 

 by Mr. Alleu : 



