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so gentle that few persons would ever think of separating them 
generically. Even in individual specimens of the long billed species 
there is much difference in this respect, showing that so far from 
furnishing generic characters, it is not entirely available even for 
specific indications. 
Harporhynchus rufus. 
Turdus rufus, Lixn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 169, based on Caressy, 
tab. 19.—Is. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 293.—Harporhynchus rufus, Cas. 
Mus. Hein. 1850, 82.—Barrp, Birds N. Am. 1858, 353.—Sciarer, 
P. Z. 8. 1859, 340.—Is. Catal. 1861, 8, no. 48.—Mimus rufus, PR. 
Max. Cab. Jour. 1858, 180. 
Figures: Virriyor, Ois. Am. Sept. II, pl. lix.—Wiuzson, Am. Orn. II, pl. 
xiv.—Auvp. Orn. Biog. pl. cxvi. 
Hab. United States, east of Rocky Mts., north to Lake Winnipeg. 
In the “ Birds of North America” I have called attention to the 
fact of the larger size, with disproportionately longer tails, and 
rather more curved bills of specimens from the high plains beyond 
the Missouri River. 
Smith- | Collec-| Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. . 
37, rofl Carlisle, Pa. April 22, 44./ S. F. Baird. 8. F. Baird. 
2,261 oe ee May 16, 45. ss se 
12,182 oc fof Washington. May, 2 4595"|\C Drexler, of}! i! ere aanees 
32,284 fof Macon, Ga. March, 1848.| Prof. Jos. Leconte.| —  ...... 
6,948 A Ft. Garry, Red Riv. wate Denald Gann: 6°) iss eee 
32,392 50 oe sf afaie ECA, Renal, 8.) Deuwetents 
4,433 as ah Quasquiton, Iowa. ays E. C. Bid welliisonili: | J onasenre 
se yeil! 8 sr Fort Leavenworth. en Capt. J. H. Simp- C. 8S. M’Carthy. 
8, 292 a “6 Independence, Mo. | May 26, 57. | W. M. Magraw. Dr. Cooper. 
8,819 Hi ac Loup Forks. Aug. 6. Lt. Warren. Dr. Hayden. 
5,283 Xe d Fort Lookout. June 22, ’56. es oh 
5,652 | 357 Si Republican Fork. | Sept. 26, 56.) Lt. Bryan. W.S. Wood. 
19,346 ere a5 Stinking gee June 13, ’60.| Capt. Reynolds. G. H. Trook, 
Creek. 
(1,377.) 11.20. (2,261.) 9.75. (8,292.) 12.75. Iris orange. (8,819.) 12.00. Iris yellow. 
Harporhynchus longirostris. 
Orpheus longirostris, Larr. R. Z. 1838, 55.—Is. Mag. de Zool. 1839, Ois. 
pl. i.—Toxostoma longirostre, Cas. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, 1, 207.— 
Mimus longirostris, ScuaTER, P. Z. 5. 1856, 294 (Cordova).—Harpo- 
rhynchus longirostris, Cas. Mus. Hein. 1850, 81.—Bairp, Birds N, 
Am. 1858, 352, pl. liii—Scrater, P. Z. 8. 1859, 339.—Is. Catal. 
1861, 8, no. 47. 
Hab. Eastern Mexico; north to Rio Grande, Texas. 
Among the specimens before me is one (28,030) from Mirador, 
Mexico, which differs from the rest in rather deeper rufous above ; 
