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perhaps, the middle) tipped with white. Length, 8 inches ; wing, 4.85 ; tail, 4.00 ; tarsus, 
L21. Nest in bushes. Eggs blue, blotched with brown and lilac. ( Sage-Thrasher .) 
Hab. Rocky Mountains of United States, west to Pacific, south to Cape St. Lucas. 
Genus HARFORHYNCHUS, Cabanis. (Page 2.) 
Nest usually very bulky ; in low bushes or brush. Eggs with ground-color whitish to 
blue or green, thickly sprinkled with fine dots or spots of rufous-brown markings (uniform 
blue in crissalis). 
Species. 
A. Spots beneath sharply defined and conspicuous, — much darker in color than 
the upper parts. 
1. H. rufus. The markings lineo-cuneate ; wing-bands sharply defined. "fill 
Above rufous ; markings below dark brown ; outer tail-feathers diluted 
at tip; wing, 4.00; tail, 5.20»; bill from nostril, .79, nearly straight; 
tarsus, 1.30 ; middle toe, .90 (1,377 <£, Carlisle, Penn.). Prevailing 
color of eggs, buff. Hab. Eastern Province United States. ( Brown 
Thrasher.') var. rufus. 
Wing, 4.40; tail, 5.70; bill, .79; tarsus, 1.35; middle toe, .90 (5,652 <£, 
Republican River). Hab. Plains between Missouri River to Rocky 
Mountains. (. Long-tailed Thrasher .) .... var. longicauda . 
Above umber-brown ; markings beneath black ; tail-feathers not paler 
at tip; wing, 3.90; tail, 4.90; bill, .85, slightly curved; tarsus, 1.40; 
middle toes, .94 (4,016 Brownsville, Tex.) Prevailing color of eggs 
pale greenish. Hab. Eastern Mexico, north to Rio Grande of Texas. 
( Texas Thrasher .) var. longirostris. 
2. H. ocellatus. The markings circular ; wing-bands conspicuous. 
Above grayish-brown; markings beneath black; tail-feathers broadly 
tipped with white; wing, 4.10; tail, 5.60; bill, from rictus, 1.50, mod- 
erately curved ; tarsus, 1.50. Hab. Oaxaca, Mex. ( Ocellated Thrasher .) 
3. H. cinereus. The markings deltoid; wing-bands narrow, but sharply 
defined. ( Cape Thrasher .) 
Above brownish-cinereous; markings beneath blackish-brown; tail- 
feathers broadly tipped with white; wing, 4.00; tail, 4.60; bill, .88, 
much curved; tarsus, 1.30; middle toe, .85 (12,960 “<j>” — $ ? Cape 
St. Lucas). Prevailing color of eggs greenish- white. Hab. Cape St. 
Lucas, Lower California. 
R. Spots beneath obsolete, not darker than the plumage above ; roundish in 
form. 
4. H. curvirostris. 
Above cinereous ; wing-bands distinct ; spots below distinct, upon a 
white ground; femoral region and crissum very pale ochraceous; tail-feath- 
ers broadly and sharply tipped with pure white ; wing, 4.30 ; tail, 4.50 ; 
bill, 1.00, stout, moderately curved; tarsus, 1.40; middle toe, 1.12 (7,200 <£, 
Ringgold Barracks, Texas). Prevailing color of eggs greenish. Hab. 
from Rio Grande V alley in Texas to Cordova, Orizaba, Oaxaca, Colima, 
and Mazatlan. ( Curve-billed Thrasher .) . . . var. curvirostris. 
Wing-bands obsolete, and tail-spots very narrow and obsolete ; spots 
below just discernible upon a grayish ground; femoral region and 
crissum dilute ochraceous-brown ; wing, 4.30; tail, 5.20; bill, 1.00, 
