TlUiDIIMC — THE TIIUU811KS o- 



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C. Kiiliicly iiiispottiMl liciiciilli. 



:>. H. redivivuB. Anal vf>/um and lower liiil-rovcrts lij:l,t ociifacooiis. 



Ahovc soft lirownish-cincivons, tail n.nsi(l,.mlily darker; win;^- hands 

 almost oksolete, ami tail-feathers meicly diluted at tips. iJeneaUi paler 

 than al.,,ve, — almost white on throat and ahdonien ; anal refrion and 

 lower tail-eoverls yellowish-oehrueeous. A distinct '• hridle " Ibrmed 

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

 stripe white with transverse bars of dusky; wiuj,', 3.!)() ; tail, ->:2:> ; hill, 

 1.0."), slender, nuxleralelyemved; tarsus, 1.2",; middle toe, .80 (40,7 '.S^J 

 20 miles from Colorado lliver, near Fori Mojave). Ilab. Arizona ((iila 



River, Fort Yuma, and lort Mojave) Xixr. lecontei. 



Above ashy drab, tail daiker and more brownish ; winj,' bands ineon- 

 sjiieuous, and tail-featluTs hardly diluted at tips. Beneath, the ochraco- 

 ous covers the abilomen, and the throat inelines to the same. No 

 "hridle." Cheeks and ear-eoverts blaekish, with eonsi)ieu()us shaft- 

 streaks of white; win- •).:iO; tail, 5.G0; hill, 1.40, stout, very nuieh 

 bowed, — the areli rey:ular ; tarsus, l.,V) ; middle toe, 1.00 (3,932^, 

 Caliliiruia). //"/'. Coast region of Calilbrnia . . . var. rediv i v u.i. 

 (i. H. orissalis. Anal rejrion and lower tail-eoverts deep ehestmit. 



Ahov", brownish-ashy with a slight purplish east, tail not darker; 

 no trace of wing bands; tail-leathers diluted, and tinged with rusty at 

 tips. Beneath, of a unilbrm, jjaler tint than the ujiper plumage, not 

 lighter medially ; throat white, with a eonspienous " bridle " ; Ironi this 

 np to the eye whitish, with transversely angular bars of dusky; wing, 

 4.00; tail, 0.r,0; bill, 1.25, very .slender, bowed from the middle- tar- 

 sus, 1.30; ,ni<l<lle toe, .00 (11,5,!;!^ Fo,t Yuma). f/„h. ]{,.gion of 

 Uda River to Rocky Mountains ; north to Southern Utah (St Geomv 

 breeding; Dr. Buhner). 



Harporhynchus rufus, ( auams. 



BROWN THBASHEH. 



Timlm n0,.,, L.nn. .Syst. Nat. Kith ,.1. ms, l.ii), hasod on C.VTF.snv, tab 19 -In 

 hy.st. Nat. I. mn, :iO:i.--(l.VTK.,;, NaUMianiiia, KS;-i.s, 4--'4 ( Heligoland, Oct. 18:i7). 

 H<'n,o,-lninchu» ri,/„s. Cm,. .Mus. Hei,,. 1S;10, 81 - lU,,.,., Iiir,ls X. Am 1858 'V,:i 

 -In. Kev. An.. Hirds, 44. - Scatkii, I>. Z. S. 1859, 340. -In. fatal. 18C1, 8. no. 

 48.— SA.MfKLs, l(i3. Mimm rufus, I'li. Max. Cab. Jour. 18-)8 18(1 



Figures : Vt..;ii.i.oT. Ois. Am. Sept. 11, pi. li.v. - WiL.sos, Am. Oru. 11, pi. Mv - Vin 

 Orn. IJiog. pi. exvi. 



Sp. Guar. Expo.sed porti.m of the bill shorter than the liea.l. Oulliue of lower nian- 

 ■hhle straight. Above light einnamnn-red ; beneath pale rulbu.s-whit.. with loientudinal 

 stivaks ot dark brown, excepting on the chin, throat, middle of the belly, and nii.ler tail- 

 eoverts. These spots anteriorly are reddish-brown in their terminal portion. Tlu- inner 

 snrlaee of the wing and the inner edges of the primaries are cinnamon; the concealed 

 portion of the ipulls otherwi.se is dark brown. The me.lian and greater win.r-eoverts 

 beconie blaeki.sh-brown towards the ...ul, followed by white, producing two eoi;pieuous 

 bands. Ihe tail-feathers are all rufou.s, the external ones ob.scnrely tipped with whitish; the 

 sha ts ot the same color with the vanes. Length. 11.15; wing, 4.15 ; tail, 5.20 ; tarsus l.;50 



I An. Lastern North America to Mi.ssonri K.ver, and perhaps to high central plains 

 tnited btates, east ol Rocky Mountain.s, north to Lake Winnipeg. 



