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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



8,127. Type; now in museum Phila. Acad. (11,533.) 12.50. Iris yellow. 



Harporliy lie litis redivivus. 



JIarpes rediviva, Gambel, Pr. A. N. S. II, Aug. 1845, 264. — Toxostoma 

 rediviva, Gambel, J. A. N. Sc. 2d ser. I, 1847, 42. — Cassin, Illust. 

 I, 1855, 260, pi. xlii. — Harporhynchus redivivus, Cabanis, Archiv 

 Naturg. 1848, 98. — Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 349.— Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, 339. 



This species has hitherto only been found in the coast region of 

 California, whence numerous specimens have been received 1)y the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



MIMUS, BoiE. 



Mimiis, BoiE, Isis, Oct. 1826, 972. (Type Turdus pohjfjlottus, Linn.) 

 Orpheus, Swainson, Zool. Jour. Ill, 1827, 167. (Same type.) 



Bill not much more than half the length of the head ; gently decurved from 

 the base ; notched at tip ; commissure curved. Gonys straight, or slightly 

 concave. Rictal bristles quite well developed. Wings rather shorter than 

 the tail. First primary about equal to, or rather more than half the 2d ; 3d, 

 4th, and 5th quills nearly equal, 6th scarcely shorter. Tail considerably 

 graduated ; the feathers stiff, rather narrow, especially the outer webs, lateral 

 feathers about three-quarters of an inch the shorter in the type. Tarsi longer 

 than middle toe and claw by rather less than an additional claw ; tarsi con- 

 spicuously and strongly scutellate ; broad plates seven. 



mimus polyglottiis. 



Turdus polyglottus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 169 ; 12th ed. 1766, 

 293.—Mimus polyglottus, Boie, Isis, 1826, 972.— Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1856, 212.— Ib. 1859, 340. — Ib. Catal. 1861, 8, no. 51. — Baird, 

 Birds N. Am. 1858, 344. 

 ? Orpheus leucopteriis, Vigors, Zool. Beechey, 1839. 



Figures : Wilson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, pi. x, fig. 1. — Aun. Orn. Biog. I, 

 1831, pi. xxi.— Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, pi. 137. 

 Hab. North America, from about 40O (rare in Massachusetts, Samuels), south 

 to Mexico. Said to occur in Cuba. 



No. 12,511. The general proportions will best be illustrated by the table of 

 measurements. The 3d and 4th quills are longest ; the 2d equal to the 8th ; 

 the 1st more than half the 2d (iu some specimens about half, in others half 

 the 3d, as iu No. 614.) 



