TURDID^, THRUSHES. GEN. 4. 75 



of no mean vocal powers. *\|^* The tarsal scutella arc frequently obsolete. 

 WiLS., ii, 90, pi. 14, f. 3; Aud., ii, 195, pi. 140; Bd., 34G. cauolinensis. 



4. Genus HARPOEHYNCHUS Cabanis. 



*Bill equal to or shorter than head, not, or not much, curved ; tail moderately 

 longer than wings. Breast apotted. 

 iVn*'' Brown Tlirush. Thrasher. Sand// Mocldn/ihird. Reddish-brown, 

 below white, with more or less tawuy tinge, and thickly spotted with dark 

 brown, except on throat and middle of Ijelly, the spots lengthening into 

 streaks on the sides ; wings Avith two white l)ars ; tail feathers with pale 

 tips; bill black, yellow below; feet pale; iris yellow; about 11 long; 

 wing 4, tail 5 or 6 ; bill nearly straight, 1 inch long. Eastern United 

 States; a delightful songster, abundant in thickets, etc. Wils., ii, 83, pi. 



14; Ndtt., i, 328; Bi)., 353 rufus. 



Var. longirostris. Long-billed Thrush. Somewhat similar ; darker brown 



above ; the markings below blackish ; tiill longer and a little more curved. Mexico 



to the Rio Grande. Bd., 352, pi. 52 ; Eev., 44. 



L^W Curve-billed Tlirush. Dull grayish-brown, below whitish, breast, etc., 



spotted Avith color of the back, wing coverts and lateral tail feathers tipped 



with white ; size of the last ; bill over an inch long, and decidedly curved. 



Valley of Rio Grande and Colorado. Bd. 351, pi. 51. . cuuviROSxr.is. 



I I A^ Cinereous Thrush. Brownish-ash, below Avhitish, shaded with fulvous, 



•"' especially behind, and with brown spots; two wing-bars and tips of lateral 



tail feathers obscurely white. Rather smaller than the foregoing. Cape St. 



Lucas. Bd., Pr. Acad. Phil. 1859, 303, and Rev. 46; Elliot, pi. 1; 



Coop., 19 cinereus. 



*"*"BiU longer tlian head, arcuate ! Tail much longer than wings. Breast not 

 spotted. 

 .1 Sickle-billed Thrush. Californian Mochingbird. Dark oily olive- 



■ ' '. brown, paler below, deepening into rusty brown on belly and luider tail 

 coverts ; throat rusty whitish ; auriculars streaked : bill black, at a maximum 

 of curvature, about IJ long, but very varialjle in length and degree of 

 curve; tarsus about IJ ; total length 11 or more; wing 4 or less, tail 5 or 

 6 inches long. Coast region of California. Cass., 111. 260, pi. 43; Bd., 



349; Rev. 48; Coop., 16 redivivus. 



Var. lecontei. Leconte's Thrush. Pale ash, still paler below, shading into 

 brownish-yellow on under tail coverts ; throat wlaitish, with slight maxillary streaks ; 

 bill black ; no decided markings anywhere. A bleached desert race. Colorado 

 Valley; only two specimens known. (Ft. Yuma, Leconte; Ft. Mojave, Cones.) 

 Bd., 350, pL 50 ; Rev. 47 ; Coop., 17. 



I >f Crissal Thrush. Olive-brown, paler on throat aud belly; throat, whitish 

 '^ with blackish maxillary streaks ; under tail coverts chestnut in marked con- 

 trast ; aui'iculars slightly streaked ; bill black. Size of the last, or rather 

 larger; tail 6 or more. Valley of Rio Grande and Colorado. Bd., 351, 

 pi. 82 ; Rev. 47 ; Coop., 18 crissalis. 



