Above, brownish-ashy with a slight purplish cast, tail not
darker; no trace of wing bands; tail-feathers diluted, and
tinged with rusty at tips. Beneath, of a uniform, paler tint
than the upper plumage, not lighter medially; throat white,
with a conspicuous “bridle”; from this up to the eye whitish,
with transversely angular bars of dusky; wing, 4.00; tail,
6.50; bill, 1.25, very slender, bowed from the middle;
tarsus, 1.30; middle toe, .90 (11,533 ♂ Fort Yuma). _Hab._
Region of Gila River to Rocky Mountains; north to Southern
Utah (St. George, breeding; Dr. Palmer).
[Illustration: PLATE III.
1. Harporhynchus rufus, _Caban._ Penn., 2261.
2. “ longirostris, _Caban._ Texas, 4016.
3. “ curvirostris, _Caban._ Texas, 7200.
4. Mimus polyglottus, _Boie_. Penn., 12445.
5. Galeoscoptes carolinensis, _Caban._ Rocky Mts., 38425.
6. Oreoscoptes montanus, _Baird_. Nevada, 53424.]
Harporhynchus rufus, CABANIS.