CHAEACTERS OF HARPOEHYNCHUS BENDIRII 67 



ing notes to indicate its anger or alarm. In its general dis- 

 position, it appeared wild and suspicious. Hundreds of the 

 nests were observed in the "cholla" cactuses ; but at the time 

 (September 1 to 10) they were empty, and only one bird in nest- 

 ing-plumage was found. " Near a water-hole, some thirty miles 

 from Camp Lowell, where is found a meagre supply of the 

 precious fluid, which, from long standing, becomes so stagnant 

 and thick with mud that the thirsty animals which pass through, 

 though suffering terribly from the effects of many miles' weary 

 travel over the burning sands, often reject it, considerable 

 nnmbers of these Thrushes were noticed in the throngs of the 

 commoner kinds, as Sparrows and White-winged Blackbirds, 

 which resort here through the day to slake their thirst. The 

 brink of the pool was often crowded with hundreds of birds 

 brought thus together from common necessity, and forgetful of 

 aught else save the urgent need which impelled them to seek 

 that spot from great distances." 



Arizona Thrasher 



Harporbyncbas bendlrii 



Harporbf nchns bendlrei, Cou',s, Am. Nat. vU. 1873, 330, f. 69. — David Scott, Am. Nat. vii. 



1873, 56.5 (diBallowB the Bpecies, upon presumptive applicability of Darwinism)..-^. B. ^ 



R. NAB. iii. 1874, 500. 

 Harportaynchus bendlrl, Brem. Pr. Bost. Soc. xvi. 1873, 108 (eggs redescribed). 

 Harparb]7iictauB clnereus var. bendlrei, Hensh. List B. Ariz. 1875, 154. 

 Harporbf ncbus clneren; var. bendierl, Hensh. Zool. Expl. w. lOO Merid. 1876, 154 (critical). 

 Bendire's Thrubb, Coiua, 1. c. 



Hab, — Arizona. 



Ch. sr. — 5 2 Eostro capite breviore, ad basin robusto, ad 

 apicem acuminato, gonyde subrecto; tarso digito medio cum un- 

 gue longiore. Fusco-cinereus, subtus fmco-albidws, pectore macu- 

 lis fuscis acutis, lateribus crissoque rufescentlbus; strigis max- 

 illaribtis nuUis. 



$ 9 : Bill shorter than head, comparatively stout at base, very acute at tip, 

 the culmen quite convex, the gonys however only just appreciably concave. 

 Tarsus a little longer than the middle toe and claw. Third and fourth pri- 

 maries about equal and longest, fifth and sixth successively slightly shorter, 

 second equal to seventh, first equal to penultimate secondary in the 

 closed wing. Entire upper parts, including upper surfaces of wings and 

 tail, uniform dull pale grayish-brown, with narrow, faintly rusty edgings 

 of the wing-coverts and inner quills, and equally obscure whitish tipping of 

 the tail-feathers. No maxillary nor auricular streaks ; no markings about 

 the head except slight speckling on the cheeks. Under parts brownish- 



