46 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART I. 
on Birds as differing from the others in the collection, still remains 
quite unique in reference to some characters. 
Smith-|Collec-) Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. | No. jAge. P 
4023 | 24] 2 | Brownsville, Tex. | Feb. 1853. | Lt.D.N. Couch. | ...... 
7,200 Go od | Ringgold Barracks, 
Tex. 4qe Maj. W.H.Emory.| J. H. Clark. 
7,101 ole .. | Eagle Pass, Tex. ee A. Schott, 
4 022 ee Q | Tamaulipas, Mex. 1853. TicConchs 92 | Al) emensteamete 
78,128 nD .. | New Mexico. ne Lt. J. G. Parke. Dr. Heermann. 
93,753 Ad .. | Mazatlan, Mex. 1861. J. Xantus. 5 : 
31,819 | 1,001 Q Mts. of Colima. June, 1563. et 
18 568 a .. | Eastern Mexico. Sac P. L. Sclater. 
22,391 |17,363 | ff as siete Verreaux. 
19 | .. | Orizaba, Mex. HAG Cab. Lawrence. 
(4,023.) 10.00. (7,200.) 11.50. (4,022.) 10.00. Eyes yellow. (31,819.) 11.00. Iris orange. 
HMarporhynchus cinereus. 
Harporhynchus cinereus, Xantus, Pr. A. N. Se. 1859, 298.—Bairp, ib. 
303.—Scnater, Catal. 1561, 8, no. 49. 
{ 
12,960. Bill as long as the head; all the lateral outlines gently decurved from 
the base. Bristles not very conspicuous, but reaching tothe nostrils. Wings 
considerably shorter than the tail, much rounded. First primary broad, 
nearly half the length of the 2d; the 3d to the 7th quills nearly equal, their 
tips forming the outline of agentle curve; the 2d quill shorter than the 9th. 
Tail considerably graduated, the lateral feathers more than an inch the 
shorter. Legs stout; tarsi longer than middle toe, distinctly scutellate, with 
seven scales. 
Above ashy brown, with perhaps a tinge of rusty on the rump; beneath 
fulvous white, more fulvous on the flanks, inside of wing, and crissum. Be- 
neath, except chin, throat, and from middle of abdomen to crissum, with well 
defined V-shaped spots of dark brown at the ends of the feathers, largest 
across the breast. Loral region hoary. Wings with two narrow whitish 
bands across the tips of greater and middle coverts; the quills edged ex- 
ternally with paler. Outer three tail feathers with a rather obsolete white 
patch in the end of inner web, and across the tips of the outer. 
Spring specimens are of rather purer white beneath, with the spots more 
distinct than as described. 
Length of 12,960 (skin), 10.00; wing, 4.10; tail, 4.65 ; Ist primary, 1.60; 
2d, 2.50; bill from gape, 1.40, from above, 1.15, from nostril, .90; tarsus, 
1.26; middle toe and claw, 1.12; claw alone, .30. 
This species is curiously similar in coloration to Oreoscoptes mon- 
tanus, from which its much larger size, much longer and decurved 
pill, and the graduated tail, of course readily distinguish it. It 
agrees in some respects with H. rufus and longirostris, but it is 
smaller, the bill longer and more curved; the upper parts are 
ashy olivaceous brown instead of rufous, ete. 
