. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. ^ 264 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSERES— OSCINES. tlio same. 9 similfir, ratlior siniiller. Coast region of California, abundant in tlcnso chaiiarral; npst a rii(l(! platform of twiirs, roots, grasses, leaves, etc., in bushes; eggs 2-3, X , bluish-green, with olive and russet-brown .siwts. 24. H. r. lecon'tli. (To Dr. Jolin
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. ^ 264 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSERES— OSCINES. tlio same. 9 similfir, ratlior siniiller. Coast region of California, abundant in tlcnso chaiiarral; npst a rii(l(! platform of twiirs, roots, grasses, leaves, etc., in bushes; eggs 2-3, X , bluish-green, with olive and russet-brown .siwts. 24. H. r. lecon'tli. (To Dr. Jolin L. Le Conte, tho entomologist.) Yuma Thuasiier. This form, with sizt- and the same as those of redivicus proper, differs very notably in the pallor of all the eidoration, being in faet a bleached desert race. Excepting the slight maxillary streaks, there are no decided markings anywhere; and the change from the pale ash of the general under parts to tlut brownish-yellow of the lower i)elly and crissum is very gradual. Valley of the Gila and Lower Colorado; very rare. Nest in bush, bulky, loose, <leep; eggs 2, , pale greenish, dotted with reddish. 25. H. crlssa'lis. (,Lat. cWssate, relating to tho cri,w»)», or under tail-coverts. Fig. 120.) Cuissal TiiHASiiKU. (J: Brownish-ash, with a faint olive shade, the wings and tail jjurer and darker fuscous, without white edging or tipping. Below, a paler shade of tho color of the upper parts. Throat and side of the lower jaw white, with sharp black maxil- lary streaks. Cheeks and au- riculars speckled with whitish. Fio. IM. —CrisK, ' Thrasher, nat. size. (Ad iiat. del. E. C.) Under tail-covei1s rich chestnut, in marked contrast with the surrounding parts. Bill black, at tho maximum of length, slen- derness, and curvature ; feet blackish. Length about ; wing ; tail ; its lateral feathers shorter than the central ones; bill ; tarsus ; middle too and claw This lin
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