. Birds of the Colorado valley ... scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology;. Birds. CHARACTERS OP H. CURVIROSTRIS AND VAR. 65 h. palmeri. HarpOThynchus cnrvlrostrls, Hewm. PRRR. ». 1859, Parke's Route, 11 (Arizona,—Heer- mann's specimen, No. 8128, Mus. Smiths., afterward became a type of var. palmeri).— Oouea, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1868, 63 (Arizona).—Ooiies, Key, 1872, 75. Harporhynchus curvirostris uor. palmert, Ridgvi. mss.—, Key, 1872, 351.—Ooues, Am. Nat. vii. , 329, fig. 68.—Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soe. xvi. 1873, 108 (eggs) B. B. <V R. i. 1874,
. Birds of the Colorado valley ... scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology;. Birds. CHARACTERS OP H. CURVIROSTRIS AND VAR. 65 h. palmeri. HarpOThynchus cnrvlrostrls, Hewm. PRRR. ». 1859, Parke's Route, 11 (Arizona,—Heer- mann's specimen, No. 8128, Mus. Smiths., afterward became a type of var. palmeri).— Oouea, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1868, 63 (Arizona).—Ooiies, Key, 1872, 75. Harporhynchus curvirostris uor. palmert, Ridgvi. mss.—, Key, 1872, 351.—Ooues, Am. Nat. vii. , 329, fig. 68.—Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soe. xvi. 1873, 108 (eggs) B. B. <V R. i. 1874, 43 (Tucson, Ariz.).—J/eresA. List B. Ariz. 1875, 154.—HemA. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid. 1876, 156 (Arizona). Hab.—Of the typical form, from the valley of the Rio Grande along the border of the United States, to Mazatlan, and southward in Mexico. Var. palmeri has only been found in Arizona. Ch. sp. a. CUKVIROSTEIS.—Fusco-cmereus, alls cauddque . fuseisj infrti albidus, maculis rotundatis fnsco-cinereis nehuloso- notatus, hypoehondriis crissoque ochraceo-tinctis, alis albo bifasd- dtis, Cauda albo-terminatd. $ 9 : Above, uniform brownish-gray (exactly the color of a Mockingbird, M. polj/glottiis), the wings and tail darker and purer brown. Below, dull whitish, tinged with oohraoeons, especially on the flanks and crissuin, and marked with rounded spots of the color of the back, most numerous and blended on the breast. Throat quite white, immaculate, without maxillary stripes; lower belly and crissum mostly free from spots. No decided mark- ings on the side of the head. Ends of greater and median wing-coverts white, forming two decided cross-bars; tail-feathers distinctly tipped with white. Bill black ; feet dark-brown. Length of cf, about 11 inches ; wing, 4J-4i; tail, 4^-5 ; bill, H ; tarsus, IJ; middle toe and claw, IJ. 2 averaging rather Fig. 9.—Head of Curve-billed Thrasher (var.); nat. size. 6. PALMERI.—Similis; faseiis alarum et apicibus rect
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