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SINGING BIRDS — OSCINES. 



iiuule of small twi^s ami rough stiilks, lined with strips of bark and "bison- 

 wood." The I'eniale llcw off' a short distance, but made no complaint. The 

 eggs were four, almo.st emerald green, spotted with dark olive of two shades, 

 large and rouutUsh ; spots most numerous towards the largest end. 



Their song is much like that of the Mocking-bird, but less strong and 

 varied. They feed ou berries and insects, and probably migrate but little 

 south of lat. iO°. 



Genus HARPORHYNCHUS, Cabams. 



Toxostoma, Wagler, Isis, 1831, 628. (Type, T. vetula, not Tuxostoma, Raf. 1816.) 

 Harpes, Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. II. 1845, 264 (not of Golilfuss, 1839). 

 Harporhjnduis, Cabaxis, Wicgmann's Arcliiv, 1848, I. 98. (Type, Hdrpcs icdicwus.) 



Harporhynrhus redivivus. 



Chak. Bill from forclicad as long a?, or longer than, the head ; nearly straight to near 

 the tip, or Ijow-shajji-d, without any notch. Tarsus as long as, or longer than, the middle 

 toe, conspicuously scutellate ; outer lateral toe a litjtle the longer, not reaching the base of 

 the middle claw. Ilind toe longer than lateral ; its claw e(iual to its remaining portion. 



