TFRDID/E — TIIK TIirjTSTTES. 47 



nlsn upon the berries wliicli genoniUy aboniul in tlii'se places. Their nests 

 usimlly contain tliree eggs. Dr. ('ooper states that their loud and varied 

 song is freiiucntly intermingled with imitations of other l)irds, though tiie 

 general impression appears to be that they a ■■; not imitative, and do not 

 deserve to be called, as they oi'ten are, a mockinj^-bird. 



Harporhynchus crissalis, lIiiNin. 



BED-VENTED THBASHEB. 



Ifnr/m-liiniclius rrissnli.i, IlKNltv, I'r. A. N. So. May, isns. — B.MliD, llirds N. Am. 1858, 

 350, |)1. Ix.vxii ; litnii'w, 47. — Cikh'ki!, Birds Cal. i, 18. 



Sp. Cii.xk. Rcroiiil (inill iiliout as loiipf as the .iccondarics. Bill iiiuoh curved ; iDiigcr 

 than tlio lioad. Al)ovo olive hiowii, with a faint .»iiiado of <ri'ay ; Ix'noath nearly uiiiforni 

 lirowiiish-giay, iniieh paler than tlio baek, i)a.s.>iing inson.sibly into white on the (.'liin ; lint 

 the und(!r tail-coverts dark browiiish-rnl'ons, and ahrni)tly defnied. There is a hlaek 

 niaxilliirv stripe cnttinjr oil' a white one above it. There do not appear to be any other 

 stripes about the hea<l. There are no bands on the winj;s, and the tips and outer edfjes 

 of the tail-feathers are very ini'ons])ienously lii,diter than the reuiaiiiiiii,' portion. Lenj,'th, 

 11 inches; win,!;, 4.00 ; tail, o.SO ; tarsus. I.'.','). 



II.Mi. Itegion of tho Gila llivor, to Rocky Mountains; Southern Utah (St. George, 

 Dr. I'aliiU'r). 



A second sjiecimen (ll,r).3;i) of this mre species is larger than the type, 

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



l,eu<,'th before .'ikinning, 12.r)0; of .skin, 12.50; wiiifr, 3.00; tail, (i.-'jO ; its frraduation, 

 1.45; fust quill, 1.50; second, .41; bill from forehead (chord ol' curv(>), 1.05, Iroin i;ape, 

 1.75, from nostril, 1.30 ; curve of culmcn, 1.1)2 ; height of hill at nostril, .22 ; tarsn.s, 

 l.-TO; midtllc toe anil claw, 1.12. 



The bill of this species, though not fputc so long as in ndivirna, when 

 mitst develo]H'd, is almost as much curved, and much more slender, — the 

 depth at nostrils being but .22 instead of .20. The size of this specimen is 

 equal to the largest of rn/iririi.'< (:?,9.'{2) ; the tail absolutely longer. The 

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

 meastu'es btit l..S(), instead of 1.52 ; the middle claw .29, instead of .'Mi. 

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

 the two generically. 



A third specimen (No. 00,9.58 9 , St. (Jeorge, Utah, June 9, 187(1), with nest 

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

 a femtde, is considerably smaller than the type, measuring only : wing, :?.9(l ; 

 tail, 0.00; bill, from nostril, l.lo. The plumage is in the burnt sunnuer 

 condition, and has a jieculiar reddish cast. 



Haiuts. Of this rare Tlirush little is known. So lar as observed, its 

 habits appear to be ncnirly identical witli those of the Californian .species 

 (//! n'(liririis). It is found associated in the same localities with If. Icroii/ci, 

 which iilso it tippears to very closely resemble in all respects, so far as ob- 



