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Southern Arizona, south into Sonora (Guaymaa), north- 

 eastward (casually only?) to eastern Colorado. 



708. H. bendirei Cotjes. Bendire's Thrasher. 



d 2 . Lower mandible entirely dusky ; exposed culmen more than 1.05, 



bill from nostril .85, or more (usually more than 1.00). 



e 1 . 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 4.20-4.60 (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 palmeri Eidgw. 



Palmer's Thrasher. 

 e 2 . 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. 

 /'. 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. Table-lands of Mexico, south to 

 Puebla, Guanajuato, etc., north to southern Texas and 

 New Mexico (east of Eocky Mountains). 707. H. cur- 

 virostris (Swains.). Curve-billed Thrasher. 

 /*. 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 

 1.12-1.30 (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 Ridgw. Mazatlan Thrasher. 1 



1 Methrioptems curvirostris occidentalis Ridgw., Proo. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. June 5, 1882, 9. 



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