TriiDID.K — TllK TlIUrsiIKS. 37 



C Eiitirrly uiispottetl bnuutli. 



.'i. H. redivivus. Anal n-jrioii an<l 1«>v«t tail-oovcrts lijrht oclira^-oou.^. 



AI>ovt* soft liro\viiisli-«'iiR'rt'oiis. tail coiisi<K'ral»ly darkt'r; wing haiuls 

 almost «)bsoU'lt', ami tail-lrathors nuTt'ly dilutfd at tips. iJtMU'ath paler 

 than above, — almost wliitr on tluoat an<l abdomen; aniil n'<,'i(»n Jimi 

 lower tail-eoverts yello\vish-«Khr5u»*ous. A distinct '"bridle" Ibrniejl 

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

 strijM.' white with transverse bars of ilusky; wing, 3.1it> ; tail, 'i.'2o: bill, 

 l.Oo, sleniler, moderately <-urved ; tarsus, 1.25 ; middle toe, .8(> (40,718 ^ 

 HO miles from (\)lorado Kiver, near Fort Mojave). JIub. Arizona (Gila 

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



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

 ispieuous, an«l tail-feathers hardly dilutetl at tips. iJeneath, the oehraee- 

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

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

 streaks of white; wing, 4.30; tail, o.GO; l)ill, 1.40, stout, very much 

 bowed, — the an'h regular; tarsu.-, Loo; mi<ldle toe, 1.00 (.■],y32^, 

 California), Iluh. Coast region of Calilbrnia . . . var. redivivus. 

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



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

 no trace of wing bands ; tail-feathers <liluted, 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.(K) ; tail, O.oO ; bill, 1.25, very slender, bowed from the middle ; tar- 

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

 (rila River to Rocky Mountains ; north to Southern Utah (St. Georg**, 

 breeding; Dr. Pahuer). 



Harporhjrnchus rufus, Cabams. 



BROWH THBA8HEB. 



Turdtis rufus, LiXN. Syst. Nat. loth cd. U'lS, 109, bused on C.vtf.sby, tab. 19. —1b. 



Syst. Nat. I, 17t)0, 293. — Oatke, Nauniauuia, lS't», 4*24 (Heligoland, Oct. 1837). 



UiiriH>rhijiichiis rufus, Caii. Mus. Hein. 1S;'»0, 82.— Baiup, liirds X. Am. 1858, 353. 



— Id. Kev. Am. Buds, 44. — Sclateu, P. Z. S. 1859, 340. —1b. Catal. 1861, 8, no. 



48. — Samtkls, 163. Mi mus rufus, Pu. Max. Cab. Jour. 1858, 180. 

 Figures : Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 11, pi. lix. — Wilsox, Am. Oru. II, pi. xiv. — Ai'D. 



Orn. Biog. pi. cxvi, 



Sp. Char. Exposed portion of the l)ill shorter than the head. utline of lower man- 

 dible straight. Above light cinnamon-red; beneath pale rufous-AN Into 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 are cinnamon ; the concealed 

 portion 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, 1 1.15 ; 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 Mountains, north to Lake \Vinnipeg. 



