TUKDID.i; — TllK THRUSHES — UREOSCOl'TES. 



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regions are tinged with jellowish brown. ^\'ini;; coverts and quills edged with dull white. 

 Tail leathers, brown ; the outer edged, and all (except, perlia|)s, the middle) tipped with 

 white. Length, 8.5U inches; extent, 12. .50 ; wing, 4 ; tail, 4 ; tarsus, 1.2U. Iris brown; bill 

 brown, white below ; ti;et slaty ; soles yellow. 



Oieoscoptcs monlanus. 



Hub. Rocky Mountains ; south to Mexico. Along valley of Gila and Colorado. Cape 

 St. Lucas. 



Oreoscoplfs viotltanus. 



According to Dr. Heermanii, tliis T>ird is not rare in some of the cactus dis- 

 tricts near San Diego, but I did not succeed in finding any in the southern 

 part of California, although I have found them at Fort Laramie, Nebraska. 

 Their habits are very similar to those of the Mimas poli/glotius, but they in- 

 habit more barren regions, and, according to Nuttall, are found in the " sage 

 plains " as far north as the Columbia Eiver, at Wallawalla. He describes 

 a nest found in an artemisia-bush, near the sources of the Colorado, as 



