BIRDS — LIOTRICHIUAE — IIARrORnVNCIUS RKDIVIVI'S, 



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Comparalive measurements of species. 



Cnlll. 

 No. 





8li7 



TS«H) 

 do. 



4W3 

 do 



1377 

 do. 



do. 



S6&I 

 do. 

 4016 



Specin. 



Localiijr. 



lljrporliyncliuflrcdivivui* Caltrornin , 

 do 



lla.-pofhyiichus Ircontii 



nnrporliyiichii!( chii^alb 



Uarporhynchut curvi- 

 ronlru. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Prt'xidio, (near Snii 

 FniiiciKCO,) Cal. 



Cnliloniia 



Miinhrftt lo RioQraiido 

 New Mexico 



Kingjold barracks ... 

 do 



BfOwnBville^ Texaa.. 

 do 



UurporhyncliUi) rufus... Carlisle, Pa 



do do 



do do , 



do do 



do llepublicnii Fork.. . 



do Republican river 



do I. do 



Ilarporliynelius loiigi- ' Brownsville, Texas .. 



rosiri.i. 

 do do 



Bex. 



Lengtli. Sireicli 

 orwinga. 



II. SO 

 10.90 



10.00 



10.74 

 10.80 



10.63 

 11.50 

 10.30 

 10.00 

 9.90 



11. in 



9.80 

 9.75 

 11.40 

 11.10 

 11.50 

 10.10 



14.50 



12.50 

 13.16 



13.41 



12.50 



Wing. 



4.30 

 3.08 



3.60 

 3.85 

 4.24 



3.84 

 4.00 



4.68 



5.30 



4.30 



4.50 



3.94 



4.12 



3.98 



4.16 



4.00 j 5.30 



4.16 



4.40 



4.18 



6.06 

 5.48 



4.86 

 6.13 

 5.42 



4.64 



5.76 

 5.50 



5.20 



Tonua. | Middle lu clnw 

 toe. nionu. 



1.54 



1.33 



1.20 

 1.26 

 1.30 



1.33 



1.S4 



1.38 

 1.16 



1.14 

 1.13 

 1.33 



1.34 



1.14 



1.30 I 1.18 



1.30 I 1.20 

 1.28 I 1.S4 



1.34 1.16 



0.40 

 0.30 



0.30 

 0.28 

 0.36 



0.32 



0.31 



0.30 



0.30 



0.31 

 0.28 



Bill 

 obove. 



l.eti 

 1.33 



1.21 

 1.51 

 l.SO 



1.23 



I.M 

 1.04 



1.00 



1.08 

 0.98 



Along 

 gnpe. 



1.78 

 1.5U 



I.IU 

 1.68 

 I.M 



1.50 



1.36 

 1.%! 

 1.26 



1.36 

 1.28 



1.30 



SpeciliH'll 

 iiieuriured. 



Dry.... 

 Dry..., 



Dry..., 

 Dry.... 

 Dry.... 



Dry..., 

 Presli . 

 Dry..., 

 Fresli. 

 Dry..., 

 FrcBh. 

 Dry..., 

 Fresh. 

 Dry..., 

 Dry... 

 Fresh. 

 Dry... 



Fresh . 



HARPORHYNCHUS REDIVIVUS, Cabanis. 



//oi7)Mr<dicira, G.^mbel, Pr. A. N. Sc. I'liil. II, Aug. 1S45, L>G4. 



Toxosloma redicit'a, Gahbel, J. A. N Sc. Phil., i!d ser. I, Dec. 1847, 42. — Bo.swr. Conspectus, 1850, 277. — Cassin, 



lllust. I, IX, 1855, 260 ; pi. xlii. 

 Jlarporliytuhua ndivivus, Cabanis, Wiegmann's Archiv, 1848, i, 98. — Ib. Mus. Hein. 18.'il, 81. 

 " Promerops dt la Califomie septenlrionaU, La Petrouse, Alias Voyage, pi. .xx.wii," Gainbel. 



Sp. Ch. — Wing much rounded ; the second quill shorter than the socondaries. Tail much graduated. Bill much dccurved, 

 jonger than tho 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. Tho fore part of the breast and sides of the body brown 

 olive, lighter than the back. An obscure ashy superciliary stripe, and another lighter beneath the eye. Ear coverts and an 

 indistinct maxillary stripe dark brown ; the shafts of the former whitish. Ends and tips of tail featiiers obsoletely paler. 

 Length, 11 .50 inches ; wing, 4.20 ; tail, 5.75 ; tarsus, 1 .55. 



Hab. — Coast of California. 



The curvature of the bill of this species is very great^ the chord of the lower jaw measuring 

 1.65 inches; the ordinate is .25 of an inch. The outer tail feathers are about 1.30 inches 

 shorter than the middle. There is no line of demarkation between the colors of the belly and 

 under tail coverts. There is a slight rufous tinge on the upper tail coverts and outer margins 

 of the tail feathers, which are darker than the back, with, perliap.s, a faint jjurplish tinge. 

 The outer webs and tips of the tail feathers are lighter brown than the remaining portion, 

 thougb the difference is scarcely appreciable. There are no spots on tlie breast, but cinnamon 

 edgings to some of the brown feathers on the breast impart a waved appearance. 



A specimen (4902) from .San Diego, California, has a more rufous tinge in the upper parts. 

 There is a faint indication of paler edges to tho tertial and wing coverts, forming bands, but 

 this may be merely an immature condition. 



In the entire series the differences in length of the bills amount to as much as half an inch. 



Young birds differ only in a duller plumage. The under parts do not exhibit any indications 

 of spots. 



