5. H. redivivus. Anal region and lower tail-coverts light
ochraceous.
Above soft brownish-cinereous, tail considerably darker; wing
bands almost obsolete, and tail-feathers merely diluted at
tips. Beneath paler than above,—almost white on throat and
abdomen; anal region and lower tail-coverts
yellowish-ochraceous. A distinct “bridle” formed by the
hair-like tips of the feathers, bordering the throat;
maxillary stripe white with transverse bars of dusky; wing,
3.90; tail, 5.25; bill, 1.05, slender, moderately curved;
tarsus, 1.25; middle toe, .86 (40,718 ♂ 20 miles from
Colorado River, near Fort Mojave). _Hab._ Arizona (Gila
River, Fort Yuma, and Fort Mojave) … var. _lecontei_.
Above ashy drab, tail darker and more brownish; wing bands
inconspicuous, and tail-feathers hardly diluted at tips.
Beneath, the ochraceous covers the abdomen, and the throat
inclines to the same. No “bridle.” Cheeks and ear-coverts
blackish, with conspicuous shaft-streaks of white; wing,
4.30; tail, 5.60; bill, 1.40, stout, very much bowed,—the
arch regular; tarsus, 1.55; middle toe, 1.00 (3,932 ♂,
California). _Hab._ Coast region of California var. …
_redivivus_.