TURDID.E — THE TIIIIUSIIES — IIARrORIIYNCIIUS. 



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Wings short, rounded ; the fourth or fifth quill longest ; the exposed portion of the first 

 about half that of longest. Tail longer than the wings, broad, more or less graduated. 



The type of tlii.s genus is H. rcdivii-us, but the best known species is 

 the If. rufus, or common Brown Thrush of the Eastern United States. Al- 

 though apparently very different in tlie structure of the bill, yet there is so 



Harporhynchuf; rufus. 



uninterrupted a gradation from the one to the other as to render it impos- 

 sible to draw a line of distinction. We give here, by way of illustration, a 

 cut of H. rufus, and refer to the description of H. rcdivivus for its figure. 

 (Baied.) 



Harporhynchus redivivus, GAJtBEL. 



THE SICKLE-BILL THRUSH. 



Harpes redicira, Gambkl, Pr. A. N. Sc. Pliil. II. Aug. IS-tf), 264. — Tnxostoma rcdtvirn, Gam- 

 BEi., J. A. N. Sc. Phil. 2d scr. I. Dec. 1847, 42. — Cassix, Illust. I. ix. 18.5.5, 2G0 ; pi. 

 42 (poor figure). — ir<irporliijnclinx rrilirirns, Cabanis, Wiegmunn's Archiv, 184S, I. 98. — 

 Baird, p. R. Rep. IX. Birds, MO. In. Rev. Amer. Birds, 48. — Heermaxx, X. vi. 45. 



" Prometops de la Californie srplmlrionair, La Pevrouse, 1797, Atlas Voyage ; pi. .37." (Gam- 



BEL. ) 



Sp. Cii.\R. Wing mueh rounded ; the second <|uill shorter than the secondaries. Tail 

 much graduated. Bill mueh deeurved, longer than the head. Above, brownish olive, 

 without any shade of green ; beneath, pale cinnamon, lightest on the throat, deepening 

 gradually into a brownish rufous on the under tail coverts. The fore part of the breast 



