HARPORHYNCHUS. 43 
Bonar. Consp. 1850, 276.—Oreoscoptes montanus, Bairp, Birds N. 
Amer. 1858, 347.—Scnarer, P. Z. S. 1859, 340.—Is. Catal. 1861, 
8, no. 30. 
Hab. Rocky Mts. of United States, west to Pacific, south to Cape St. Lucas. 
Specimens from Cape St. Lucas, as usual, are smaller than more 
northern ones. 
A young bird from Ft. Bridger is precisely like the adult, differ- 
ing only in having the edges of the dorsal feathers lighter, causing 
a streaked appearance. The wings and tail are considerably darker 
than in an adult. 
Smith-|Collec-| Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. ul 
8,251 | 213 | .. | Fort Laramie. \Sepbp28e7572)Dre de G. Coopert| anes. 
8,821 ae Q Black Hills. ant | Lt. Warren. Dr. Hayden. 
11,070 Fe Jd Fort Bridger. Aprilsss 538: ‘Ce Drexlers ue Pe ti se a. 2 
19,226 21 23 Rattlesnake Hills. | May 16. | Capt. Reynolds. Dr. Hayden. 
19,347 20 3é Willow Springs. | May 14. £6 G. H. Trook. 
13,309 39 roi Kobe Valley, Utah.) May 22, ’59. | Capt. Simpson. C. 8. M'Carthy. 
13,308 30 fe) S. Fork of Hum- | May 19, ’59. &§ ce 
12,446 a 3 Zuni Mts. [boldt.| Sept. 26, ’57.| Capt. Sitgreaves. Dr. Woodhouse. 
11,531 68 es Lower Colorado. Kee Lt. J. C. Ives. Mollhausen. 
11,532 48 ee Fort Yuma. Aso re ce 
8,143 ae fe) Los Angeles, Sor Lt. Williamson. Dr. Heermann. 
SATO nh eeeed ace a vet & “ 
25,791 |3,348 Jo Cape St. Lucas. Nov. 5,759: | John’ Xantusy 914)" Ye oreen, 
32,164 |2,429 og 4 Nov. 11, 759. Oe ee |e essen 
11,531. Iris yellow. 32,164. Length, 8.60. Iris orange. 
HARPORHYNCHUS, Casanis. 
Toxostoma, WaGLER, Isis, 1831, 528. (Type 7. vetula, Wacu., not 
Toxostoma, Rar. 1816.) 
Harpes, GAMBEL, Pr. A. N. 8. Phila. II, 1845, 264. (Type Harpes redi- 
vivus, GAMB., not of Gotpruss, 1839.) 
Harporhynchus, Casanis, Archiv f. Naturg. 1848, t, 98. (Type Harpes 
redivivus, GAMB.) 
Bill from forehead as long, as, or much longer than the head; becoming 
more and more decurved in both jaws as lengthened. No indication of a 
notch. Rictus with the bristles extending beyond the nostrils. Tarsus long 
and stout, appreciably exceeding the middle toe and claw, strongly scutellate 
anteriorly. Wings considerably shorter than tail, much rounded; the Ist 
quill more than half the 2d; 4th or 5th longest. Tail large, much graduated ; 
the feathers firm. 
There are few genera in Ornithology where the difference in the 
comparative length and shape of the bill is so great in the different 
species; and yet the transition from the short straight form in H. 
rufus to the very long and much decurved one in H. redivivus is 
