TUBDID.E — MIMINJS: MOCKING THRUSHES. 



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and tail, uniform dull pale grayish-bnnyu, ^vitll narrow-, faiutly-rusty edges of the wing- 

 coverts and inner quills, and ei]oally obscure whitish tijipiug of the tail-featliers. N':i max- 

 illary nor auricular streaks; no markings about the head except slight speckling on the 

 cheeks. Under parts brownish-white, palest (nearly white) on the belly and throat, more 

 deciiledly rusty-brownish on the sides, flanks, and crissuni, the breast aLine marked with 

 numerous small arrow-head spots of the color of the back. Bill light-colored at base 

 below. $ : Length about 9.25; wing 4.00; tail 4.25; bill 0.S7 ; along gape 1.12; tarsus 

 1.3.); nuddle toe and claw 1.12. 9 rather smaller; wing, 3.75, etc. Arizona, less common 

 \\vMM jiaJmeri, with which it is associated. Nest in bushes; eggs 2-3, about 1.00X0.73, 

 elliptical rather tlian oval, whitish, spotted and blotched with reddish-browu. 



32. H. oiner'eus. (Lat. einc)'c»s, ashy ; ci'«(s, cf((er(s, ashes. Fig. 121.) St. Lifc.vs Thrasher. $ 

 9 : Upper parts uniform ashy-brown; M'ings and tail similar, but ratlin- purer and darker 

 bro\i-n, the former crossed with two white 

 bai's formed by the tips of the coverts, the 

 latter tipjied with white. Below, dull white, 

 often tinged with rusty, especially behind, 

 and thickly marked with small, sharp, tri- 

 angular spots of dark brown or blackish. 

 These spots are all perfectly distinct, cover- 

 ing tlio lower parts excepitiug the throat, 

 lower belly, andcrissum; becoming smaller 

 anteriorly, they run up each side of the throat 

 in a maxillary series bounding the immacu- 

 late area. Sides of head finely speckled, 

 and auriculars streaked; bill black, lighten- 

 ing at base below, little longer than that of 

 H. riifus, though decidedly curved. Length 

 of <J about 10.00; wing 4.00; tail 4.50; bill 1.12; tarsus 1.25 ; middle toe and claw 1.25. 

 9 averaging rather snniUer. Young : Upper parts strongly tinged with rusty-brown, this 

 color also edging the wings and tipping the tail. The resemblance of this species to the 

 mountain mocking-bird (Oroscoptes mo>tta>ms) is strildng. It is distinguished fi-om any others 

 of the IT. S. by the sharpness cif the spotting underneath, wliich equals that of H. nifiis itself, 

 the small and strictly triangular character of the spots, together with tlie grayish -bro\i-n of the 

 upper parts, and inferior chmeusions. Lower C'ahforuia, common. Xest a slight shall, iw structure 

 of twigs in cactus and other bushes; eggs 1.12 X 0.77, greenish-white, profusely speckled. 



33. H. redivi'vus. (Lat. redifiviis, re- 

 vived ; the long-lost species having ^^^i^^^^— j- " ^:^-«*. 

 becu rediscovered and so named. 

 Fig. 125.) California Thrasher. 

 $ ; No spots anywhere ; wings and 

 tail ^vithont decided barring or tip- 

 ping. Bill as long as the head or 

 longer, bow-shaped, black. AVings 

 very much shorter than the tail. 



Above, dark oily olive-brown, the Fig. 125. — California Thrasher, nat. size. (Ad. nat. del. E. C.) 

 wings and tail similar, but rather purer brown. Below, a paler shade of the color of the 

 upper parts, the belly and crissum strongly rusty-brown, the throat definitely whitish in mark-ed 

 contrast, and not bordered by decided maxillary streaks. Cheeks and auriculars blackish - 

 browu, -irith sharp whitish shaft streaks. Length 11.50 ; wing 4.00 or r;ither less ; tail 5.00 or 

 more; bill (chord of culmen) nearly or quite 1.50; tarsus 1.35; middle toe aud claw about 



Fig. 124. 

 del. E. C.) 



- St. Lucas Thrasher, nat. size, (.^d nat. 



