356 TIMELlIDiE. 



breast, and becoming more longitudinal on the buff-colourcd flanks, 

 narrower on the abdomen, the lower part of which is buffy wliite ; 

 under tail-coverts deep buff, paler at the ends ; thighs ashy whitish, 

 with concealed bases of dark brown ; axillaries buff, with conspicuous 

 brown centres to the feathers ; wing-coverts whiter, also mottled 

 with dark broAvn bases, the lower series ashy brown, edged with 

 fulvous ; quills dusky brown below, fulvous along the edge of the 

 inner web. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 3-9, tail 4-4, 

 tarsus 1"2. 



Adult female. Similarly coloured to the male. Total length 9-5 

 inches, culmen 1'25, wing 3 85, tail 4-3, tarsus 1-35. 



The St.-Lucas Thrasher is confined to Lower California. 



a. (S ad. sk. La Paz, Lower California, Nov. 16. A. Forrer [C.]. 



b. $ ad.-sk. La Taz, Nov. 8. A. Forrer [C.I. 



c. (S ad. sk. La Paz, Feb. 17. A. Forrer [C.]. 



3. Harporhynchus bendirii. 



Harporhynchus bendirei, Coues, Am. Nat. vii. p. 330, fig. 69 (1873) ; 



Scott, Am. Nat. vii. p. 565 (1873); Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soo. xvi. 



p. 108 (1873) ; Baird, Brewer, and Bidqw. N. Amer. B. iii. p. 500 



(1874) ; Coues, B. Color. Vail. p. 67 (1878). 

 Harporhynchus cinereus, var. bendirei, Ilensh. List B. Ariz. p. 154 



(1875) ; id. Zool. Expl. W. lOOth Merid. p. 154 (1876). 

 narporhynchu.-= ciuereus bendirei, Bidgir. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus.x\o. 21, 



p. 12 (1881). 



Bill shorter than head, comparatively stout at base, very acute at 

 tip, the culmen quite convex, the gonys, however, only just appreci- 

 ably concave. Tarsus a little longer than the middle toe and claw. 

 Third and fourth primaries about equal and longest, fifth and sixth 

 successively slightly shorter, second equal to seventh, first equal to 

 penultimate secondary in the closed wing. Entire upper parts, in- 

 cluding upper surfaces of wing and tail, uniform dull pale greyish 

 brown, with narrow, faintly rusty edgings of the wing-coverts and 

 inner quills, and eqiially obscure whitish tipping of the tail-feathers. 

 No maxillar}' nor auricular streaks ; no markings about the head 

 except slight speckling on the cheeks. Underparts brownish white, 

 palest (nearly white) on the belly and throat, more decidedly rusty 

 brownish on the sides, flanks, and crissum, the breast alone marked 

 with numerous small arrow-head spots of the colour of the back. 

 BiU light-coloured at base below. Male: length about 9| ; wing 4; 

 tail 4| ; bill (chord of culmen) ^, along gape Ig ; tarsus 1| ; middle 

 toe and claw Ig. i^(?//?aZe rather smaller ; wing 3|, &c. {Cones.) 



The Arizona Thrasher has as yet onlj' been found in South-eastern 

 Arizona. 



4. Harporhynchus longirostris. 



Orpheus longirostris, Zafr. Bev. Zool. 1838, p. 54 ; id. Mar/, de Zool. 

 1838, Ois. pi. 1. 



