BIEDS LIOTRICHIDAE — HARPORHYNCHUS REDIVIVUS, 349 
Comparative measurements of species. 
Cr.tal. 
No. 
Species. Locality. 
Sex. 
Length. 
Stretch 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
Middle 
Its elaw 
alone. 
Bill 
above. 
Along 
gape. 
Specimen 
3932 
8142 
8127 
8128 
7200 
do. 
4023 
do. 
1377 
do. 
2261 
do. 
5652 
5651 
do. 
4016 
do. 
Harporhynchus redivivus 
do 
Harporhynchus lecontii 
Harporliynchus crissalis 
Harporliynchus curvi- 
rostris. 
do 
.......do'. 
11.50 
10.90 
10.00 
10.74 
10.80 
10.62 
11.50 
10.30 
10.00 
9.90 
11.16 
9.80 
9.75 
11.40 
11. 10 
11.50 
10.10 
10.25 
4.20 
3.68 
4.24 
4.30 
4.50 
3.94 
4.12 
4.16 
4.00 
4.16 
4.40 
4.18 
6.06 
5.48 
4.86 
6.12 
5.42 
4.84 
1.54 
1.33 
1.20 
1.26 
1.30 
1.33 
1.38 
1.16 
1.14 
1.13 
1.32 
1.34 
0.40 
0.30 
0.36 
0.32 
1.66 
1.33 
1.21 
1.54 
1.26 
1.22 
1.78 
1.50 
1.40 
1.50 
1.50 
Presidio, (near San 
Francisco,) Cal. 
Mimbres to RioGrande 
8 
Dry 
Dry 
14.50 
Brownsville, Texas.. 
Q 
4.68 
1.24 
1.20 
0.34 
1.14 
1.36 
12.50 
Fresh.... 
Harporhynchus rut'us. . . 
3 
5.30 
1.28 
1.14 
0.30 
1.04 
1.32 
13.16 
Fresh.... 
Q 
5.30 
1.30 
1.18 
0.30 
1.00 
1.26 
13.41 
Fresh.... 
Dry 
do 
do 
Republican Fork .. . 
3 
Q 
5.76 
5.50 
1.30 
1.28 
1.20 
1.24 
0.31 
0.28 
1.08 
0.98 
12.50 
Harporhynchus longi- 
Brownsville, Texas .. 
3 
3.84 
4.00 
5.20 
1.34 
1.16 
0.26 
1.30 
12.00 
Fresh.... 
HARPORHYNCHUS REDIVIVUS, Cabanis. 
Harpes rediviva, Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phil. II, Aug. 1845, 264. 
Toxostoma rediviva, Gambel, J. A.N So. Phil., 2d ser. I, Dec. 1847, 42.— Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 277.— Cassin, 
Illust. I, ix, 1855, 260 ; pi. xlii. 
Harporhynchus redivivus, Cabanis, Wiegmann's Archiv, 1848, i, 98. — Ib. Mus. Hein. 1851, 81. 
" Promerops de la California septentrio7iale, La Petrouse, Atlas Voyage, pi. xxxvii," Gambel. 
Sp. Ch.— Wing much rounded ; the second quill shorter than the secondaries. Tail much graduated. Bill much decurved 
jonger than the head. Above brownish olive, without any shade of green ; beneath pale cinnamon, lightest on the throat 
deepening gradually into a brownish rufous on the under tail coverts. The fore part of the breast and sides of the body brown 
olive, lighter than the back. An obscure ashy superciliary stripe, and another lighter beneath the eye. Ear coverts and an 
indistinct maxillary stripe dark brown ; the shafts of the former whitish. Ends and tips of tail feathers obsoletely paler. 
Length, 11.50 inches ; wing, 4.20 ; tail, 5.75 ; tarsus, 1.55. 
Hab.— Coast of California. 
The curvature of the bill of this species is very great, the chord of the lower jaw measuring 
1.65 inches; the ordinate is .25 of an inch. The outer tail feathers are about 1.30 inches 
shorter than the middle. There is no line of demarkation between the colors of the belly and 
under tail coverts. There is a slight rufous tinge on the upper tail coverts and outer margins 
of the tail feathers, which are darker than the back, with, perhaps, a faint purplish tinge. 
The outer webs and tips of the tail feathers are lighter brown than the remaining portion, 
though the difference is scarcely appreciable. There are no spots on the breast, but cinnamon 
edgings to some of the brown feathers on the breast impart a waved appearance. 
A specimen (4902) from San Diego, California, has a more rufous tinge in the upper parts. 
There is a faint indication of paler edges to the tertial and wing coverts, forming bands, but 
this may be merely an immature condition. 
In the entire series the differences in length of the bills amount to as much as half an inch. 
Young birds differ only in a duller plumage. The under parts do not exhibit any indications 
of spots. 
