TURDID^E — THE THRUSHES — HARPORHYNCHUS. IQ 



brownish gray, much palor than the back, passhig insensibly into white on the cliin ; but 

 the under tail coverts dark brownish rufous, and abruptly defined. There is a black maxil- 

 lary stripe cutting off a white one above it. There do not appear to be any other stripes 

 about the head. There are no bands on the wings, and the tips and outer edges of the 

 tail feathers are very inconspicuously lighter than the remaining portion. Length, 11.50 

 inches ; e.xtent, 1 l.uO ; wing, 4.2 j ; tail, 5. GO ; tarsu.s, 1.25. Iris and feet browu ; bill black. 

 Hab. Southern Rocky Mountains to Colorado Valley, California. 



I found this species rather common at Fort Mojave, but so very shy 

 that I only succeeded in shooting one after mucli wateliing for it. Their hab- 

 its, nest (eggs not seen), and song are closely similar to those of H. rcdivivus, 

 and the colors scarcely differ more than those of Ijirds of other species that 

 vary similarly in specimens from this valley, and those along the coast. 



Harporhynchus cinereus, Xantus. 



THE ASHY THRUSH. 



Harporhynchus cinereus, X.iNTUS, I'r. Pliila. Acad. N. S. 1859, 298. — Baiki), Rev. Amer. 

 Birds, 1864, 46. 



Sp. Cii.\i:. Above ashy brown, beneath fulvous white, darker on flanks, inside of wing, 

 and crissum. Beneath, except on chin, throat, and from middle of abdomen to crissum, 

 with well-defined V-shaped spots of dark brown at ends of feathers, largest across the 



breast. Two narrow whitish bands across tips of greater and middle coverts ; quills 

 edged externally with paler. Outer three feathers with a rather obsolete white patch in end 

 of inner web and across tips of outer. Length, 10 inches ; wing, 4.10 ; tail, 4.05 ; bill from 

 gape, 1.40; tarsus, 1.2G. 



Hab. Lower Calitbrnia (Capo St. Lucas). 



This is one of the new species discovered by Mr. Xantus, in 1859, at 

 Cape St. Lucas. 



