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C. PJntirely unspotted beneath. 



o. H. redivivus. Anal region and lower tail-coverts light ochraceous. 



Above soft brownish-cinereous, tail considerably darker ; wing bands 

 almost obsolete, and tail-feathers merely diluted at tips. Beneath paler 

 than above, — almost white on throat and abdomen ; anal region and 

 lower tail-coverts yellowish-ochraceous. A distinct " bridle " formed 

 by the hair-like tips of the feathers, bordering the throat; maxillary 

 stripe white with transverse bars of dusky ; wing, 3.90 ; tail, 5.25 ; bill, 

 1.05, slender, moderately curved; tarsus, 1.25; middle toe, .86 (40,718 (J 

 20 miles from Colorado River, near Fort Mojave). Hab. Arizona (Gila 

 River, Fort Yuma, and Fort Mojave) ..... var. lecontei. 



Above ashy drab, tail darker and more brownish ; wing bands incon- 

 spicuous, and tail-feather's hardly diluted at tips. Beneath, the ochrace- 

 ous covers the abdomen, and the throat inclines to the same. No 

 " bridle." Cheeks and ear-coverts blackish, with conspicuous shaft- 

 streaks of white; wing, 4.30; tail, 5.60; bill, 1.40, stout, very much 

 bowed, — the arch regular; tarsus, 1.55; middle toe, 1.00 (3,932 (J, 

 California). Hah. Coast region of California . . . var. redivivus. 



0. H. crissalis. Anal region and lower tail-coverts deep chestnut. 



Above, brownish-ashy with a slight purplish cast, tail not darker ; 

 no trace of wing bands ; tail-feathers diluted, and tinged with rusty at 

 tips. Beneath, of a uniform, paler tint than the upper plumage, not 

 lighter medially ; throat white, with a conspicuous '' bridle " ; from this 

 up to the eye whitish, with transversely angular bars of dusky ; wing, 

 4.00 ; tail, 6.50 ; bill, 1.25, very slender, bowed from the middle ; tar- 

 sus, 1.30; middle toe, .90 (11,.533^ Fort Yuma). Hah. Region of 

 Gila River to Rocky Mountains ; north to Southern Utah (St. George, 

 breeding; Dr. Palmer). 



Harporhynchus rufus, Cabanis. 



BROWN THKASHER. 



Turdxis rufus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 169, based on Catesby, tab. 19. — Ib. 



Syst. Nat. 1, 1766, 293. — Gatke, Naumannia, 1858, 424 (Heligoland, Oct. 1837). 



Harporhynchus rufus, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1850, 82. — Baiud, Birds N. Am. 1858, 353. 



— Ib. Rev. Am. Birds, 44. — Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, 340. — 1b. Catal. 1861, 8, no. 



48. — Samuels, 163. Mimus rufus, Pii. Max. Cab. Jour. 1858, 180. 

 Figures : Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, pi. lix. — Wilson, Am. Orn. II, pi. xiv. — Aun. 



Orn. Biog. pi. c.wi. 



Sp. Char. Exposed portion of the bill shorter than the head. Outline of lower man- 

 dible straight. Above light cinnamon-red; beneath pale rufous-white with longitudinal 

 streaks of dark brown, excepting on the chin, throat, middle of the belly, and under tail- 

 coverts. These spots anteriorly are reddish-brown in their terminal portion. The inner 

 surface of the wing and the inner edges of the primaries arc cinnamon; the concealed 

 ])ortion of the quills otherwise is dark brown. The median and greater wing-coverts 

 become blackish-brown towards the end, followed by white, producing two conspicuous 

 bands. The tail-feathers are all rufous, the external ones obscurely tipped with whitish ; the 

 shafts of the same color with the vanes. Length, 11.15 ; wing, 4.15 ; tail, 5.20 ; tarsus, 1.30. 



Hab. Eastern North America to Missouri River, and perhaps to high central plains 

 United States, east of Rocky ^lountains, north to Lake Winnipeg. 



