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Others the ground color is a bluish-green. In some specimens 

 the spots are of a yellowish -brown, and in some the markings are 

 much lighter," — Baird, Brewer and Ridgway's N. A. Birds, 

 vol. I, p. 41. 



14^!, harporhynchus cinereus lendirei. 

 BENDIRE'S THJRASHER. -* 



15. harporhynchus curvirostris. 

 CURVE-BILLED THRASHER. 



*'This interesting species appears to be common in WesternTex- 

 as, the valley of the Rio Giande, and Western Mexico. •*•■•* Their 

 nest is generally very nearly flat, measuring nearly six inches 

 in circumference, and scarcely more than an inch in its greatest 

 thickness. It has hardly any distinct cavity, and hollows but very 

 slightly from the rim to the centre, the greatest depression having 

 barely the depth of half an inch. The nests are composed of long 

 coarse fibrous roots, rudely but somewhat compactly interwoven. 

 The inner frame-work is constructed of the same materials inter- 

 mingled with the finer stems of grasses. 



Mr. H. E. Dresser states that in the vicinity of Matamoras these 

 birds are fond of frequenting small villages, and that he frequently 

 found their nests within the gardens and court-yards of houses, and 

 near the roads. 



The eggs of this thrush vary considerably in size, ranging from 

 1.20 to 1.03 inches in length, and from .84 to ,77 of an inch in 

 breadth. Their mean length is 1. 12 inches, and their average 

 breadth .80, They have a light green ground-color, generally, 

 though not thickly covered with fine brown spots," — Baird, 

 Brewer and Ridgway's N. A. Birds, vol. i, p. 43. 



15^!, harporhynchus curvirostris palmeri. 

 PALMER'S THRASHER. 



'*This very curious race seems to unite the character of airzmvs- 

 tris^'' (Curved-billed Thrasher,) '■'■zxi^lecontei,'''' (Leconte's Thrasher;) 

 in fact, it is so exactly intermediate between the two, that we are 

 almost in doubt as to which it is most nearly related. Having the 

 stout form and larger size, as well as the spots on the abdomen, of 

 the former, it has also the uniform colors and general appear- 



