HARPORHYNCHUS. 545 
Southern Arizona, south into Sonora (Guaymas), north- 
eastward (casually only ?) to eastern Colorado. 
708. H. bendirei Cours. Bendire’s Thrasher. 
a’, Lower mandible entirely dusky; exposed culmen more than 1.05, 
bill from nostril .85, or more (usually more than 1.00). 
é'. Inner webs of outer tail-feathers without sharply defined white 
or buffy tips; ground-color of lower parts pale grayish 
brown; middle and greater wing-coverts never distinctly 
tipped with white. 
In color very much like H. bendirei, but markings on 
breast, etc., usually broader ; length about 11.00-11.50, 
wing 4.204.60 (4.32), tail 4.80-5.20 (4.99), exposed 
culmen 1.18-1.40 (1.28), bill from nostril 1.00-1.05 
(1.01), tarsus 1.20-1.35 (1.29). Eggs 1.15 x .79, pale 
bluish green, finely and uniformly speckled with brown. 
Hab. Southern Arizona, and south into Sonora (Guay- 
mas)............ 707a. H. curvirostris pailmeri Rinew. 
Palmer’s Thrasher. 
é. Inner webs of outer tail-feathers with sharply defined white 
or buffy tips, or else middle and greater wing-coverts dis- 
tinctly tipped with white; ground-color of lower parts 
whitish or buffy, shaded across chest and along sides with 
brownish gray; spots on lower parts larger and more dis- 
tinct (except in summer plumage, when sometimes obso- 
lete); bill stouter and straighter. 
fi. Smaller, grayer above, whitish beneath (becoming buffy 
posteriorly), and tail-spots pure white. Young: Simi- 
lar to adult, but wing-coverts and rump ‘tinged with 
fulvous-brownish, and markings on breast, etc., much 
narrower and darker. Length about 10.50-11.40, wing 
4,15-4.55 (4.36), tail 4.40-4.65 (4.55), exposed culmen 
1.10-1.30 (1.18), bill from nostril .85-1.05 (.95), tarsus 
1.25-1.35 (1.31). Eggs 1.10 x .78, colored like those 
of H. palmeri. Hab. Tablelands of Mexico, south to 
Puebla, Guanajuato, etc., north to southern Texas and 
New Mexico (east of Rocky Mountains). 707. H. cur- 
virostris (Swarns.). Curve-billed Thrasher, 
f?. Larger, browner above, brownish buffy beneath, and tail- 
spots usually brownish buff; length about 11.50, wing 
4.45-4.70 (4.56), tail 5.00-5.20 (5.10), exposed culmen 
1.12-1.80 (1.20), bill from nostril .90-1.15 (1.02), tar- 
sus 1.40. Hab. Coast of western Mexico (Mazatlan, 
Tepic, etc.). 
H. curvirostris occidentalis Rripaw. Mazatlan Thrasher.! 
1 Methriopterue curvirostris occidentalis Rapew., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. June 5, 1882, 9. 
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