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BIRDS—LIOTRICHIDAE—HARPORHYNCHUS REDIVIVUS. 849 
Comparative measurements of species. 
Catal. Species. Locality. Sex. | Length.| Stretch | Wing. | Tail. Tarsus. Middle Its claw] Bill | Along | Specimen 
No. \of wings.| | toe. | alone. | above. | gape. |measured, 
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3932 | Harporhynchus redivivus California .....seee..)eeeees 11.50 |eseeseee | 4.20 | 6.06 | 1.54 1.38] 0.40 | 1.66 1.78 | Dry.ssoss 
6142 I esses UOcicecececccoeess} Presidio, (near San eee 10.90 jeccccces 3.68 5.48 | 1.33 1.16 0,30 | 1.33 | 1.50 | Dry...ece 
Francisco,) Cal. | | | | | | 
Harporhynchus lecontii California ........05.) +ee0e- | 10.00 }ooeseee 3.60 | 4.86 | 1,20 1,14 0.30 1.21 1.40 | Dry..eeoe 
8127 | Harporhynchus.crissalis Mimbres to RioGrande)..... | 10,74: lnswsicons | 3.85 | 6.12 | 1.26 1.13) 0.28) 1.54 1.68 | Dry.,.... 
$128 | Harporhynchus curvi- | New Mexico......... 3 10.80 [see eens 4.24 | 5.42] 1.30 1.32 0.36 1.26 | 1.50 | Dry... 
rostris. | | | | | | | 
(72003 | sane do Ringgold barracks ...|-++++-| 10,62 |eeeevee | 4.30 | 4.84] 1.83) 1.34) 0.52 | 1.22 | 1.50 | Dryseeeee 
GO. | vases AGjerseasiecuvioessivs|ccescs Goiieccssecs 11.50 | 14.50) 4.50 |...... |esncese [eesceees|coecceesleosenee-[esseeees Fresh.... 
4023) | Face’ do Brownsville, 10.30 |.se..e. 3.94 4.68} 1.24) 1.20 0.34 1.14 1.35 | Dry.cecce 
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1377 | Harporhynchus rufus... Cagjisle, P eseceecees 9,90 joccerees | 3.98 | 5.30 1,28 1.14 0.30 1.04 1.32 | Dry .sesee 
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DIGI |e caa'es do do 9.80 fovseeeee 4.00 | 5.30) 1.30 1.18 0.30 1.00 1.26 | Dry..e.s 
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G02" se on do .| Republican Fork .. .| G | 11.40 |e.see. | 4.40 [5.76] 1.30 1.20] 0.31] 1.08] 1.36 | Dry...... 
5651 |. eee do . Republican river.....) QO | 11.10 hasewos. 4.18 | 5.50] 1.28 1.24 0.28 0.98 1.28 | Dry...cee 
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4016 | Harporhynehus longi- | Brownsville, Texas ..| 3 | 10.10 )........} 3.84 | 5.20) 1.34 1.16 0.26 | 1.08) 1.30 | Dry ascent 
rostris. | | | | | | 
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HARPORHYNCHUS REDIVIVUS, Cabanis. 
Harpes rediviva, GamBet, Pr. A. N. Se. Phil. 11, Aug. 1845, 264. 
Toxostoma rediviva, GamBeL, J. A.N Sc. Phil., 2d ser. I, Dec. 1847, 42.—Bonar. Conspectus, 1850, 277.—Cassin, 
Illust. [, 1x, 1855, 260; pl. xlii. 
Harporhynchus redivivus, Capanits, Wiegmann’s Archiv, 1848, 1, 98.—Isp. Mus. Hein. 1851, 81. 
‘© Promerops de la Californie septentrionale, La Perrouse, Atlas Voyage, pl. xxxvii,’’? Gambel. 
Sp. Cu.—Wing much rounded ; the second quill shorter than the secondaries. Tail much graduated. Bill much decurved, 
yonger 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 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 feathers 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. ‘he 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, perhaps, a faint purplish tinge. 
The outer webs and tips of the tail feathers are lighter brown than the remaining portion, 
though the difference is scarcely appreciable. There are no spots on the 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 the 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. 
