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also upon the berries whicli generally abound in these places. Their nests 

 usually contain three eggs. Dr. (.'ooper states that tlieir loud and varied 

 song is fre(iuently intermingled witli imitations of other ])irds, tliough the 

 geneml impression appears to he that they are not imitative, and do not 

 deserve to be called, as they often are, a mocking-bird. 



Harporhynchus crissalis, Henry. 



BED-VEHTED THBA8HEB. 



Har})orh}nichus crissfifis, Hexuy, Pr. A. N. So. May, 1858. — B.xiun, Birds N. Am. 1858, 

 350, pi. Ixxxii ; Hevit-w, 47. — Cooper, IJirds Cal. i, 18. 



Sp. Char. Soooinl quill about as loiifj Jis tho secornlarios. Bill much curved ; longer 

 than the head. Above olive hrown, witii a faint shade offrrav; beneath nearly uniform 

 b^o^vni!^h-i;ray, much paler than the back, i)assing insensibly into white on the chin ; but 

 the untler tail-coverts dark brownish-rulbus, and abruptly delined. There is a black 

 maxillary stripe cutting off a white one above it. There do not appear to be any other 

 stripes about the head. There are no V)ands on the wings, and the tips and outer edges 

 of the tail-feathers arc verj"^ inconspiciiously lighter than the remaining portion. Length, 

 11 inches; wing. 4.00; tail, 5.80; tarsus. 1.2.'). 



IIab. lii'gion of tho Gila Kiver, to Rocky Mountains ; Southern Utah (St. George, 

 Dr. Palmer). 



A second specimen (11,53.3) of this rare species is larger than the type, 

 but otherwise agrees with it. Its dimensions are as follows : — 



Length before skinning, 12..50; of skin, 12.50; wing, .3.00; tail, G.50 ; its graduation, 

 1.45; first quill, 1.50; second, .41; bill from forehead (chord of curve), 1. 05, from gape, 

 1.75, from nostril, l..'JO ; curve of culmen, 1.G2 ; height of bill at nostril, .22 ; tarsus, 

 1..30; middle toe and claw, 1.12. 



The bill of this species, though not quite so long as in redirivna, when 

 most develo]x?d, is almost as much curved, and much more slender, — the 

 depth at nostrils being Imt .22 instead of .26. The size of this specimen is 

 equal to the largest of redirivifs (3,032) ; the tail absolutely longer. The 

 feet are, however, considerably smaller, the claws esi)ecially so ; the tarsus 

 measures but 1.30, instead of 1.52 ; the middle claw .29, instead of .36. 

 With these differences in form, however, it would be impossible to separate 

 the two generically. 



A third specimen (So. 60,958 9 , St. George, Utah, June 9, 1870)^ with nest 

 and eggs, has recently been obtained by Dr. Palmer. This specimen, being 

 a female, is considerably smaller than the type, measuring only : wing, 3.90 ; 

 tail, 6.00 ; bill, from nostril, 1.15. The plumage is in the burnt summer 

 condition, and has a peculiar reddish cast. 



Habits. Of this rave Thrush little is known. So far as observed, its 

 habits appear to be nearly identical with those of the Californian species 

 (H. ?rflirifus). It is found associated in the same localities with If. hronfri, 

 whicli also it appeal's to very closely resemble in all respects, so far as ob- 



