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Mr. Beldmg. Mr. Anthony has met with it along the 

 northwest coast in spring nncler 1,000 feet altitude. The 

 only one which I saw on Guadalupe Island was shot January 



7, 1886. 



284. Mimus polyglottos (Linn). 



Mockingbird. — Obtained at the Cape region by Messrs. 

 Xantus and Belding. On the northwest coast Mr. Anthony 

 says it breeds in the foothills just away from the shore, and 

 is found up to 3,000 feet altitude. I saw two birds on 

 Guadalupe Island March 16, 1886, and shot the female. On 

 Santa Margarita Island and the peninsula, they were every- 

 where common. The Mexicans had large young caged in 

 April, 1888. 



285. Harporhynchus cinereus Xantus. 



St. Lucas Thrasher. — Very common at the Cape region 

 according to Messrs. Xantus and Belding. Mr. Anthony 

 has taken this species and the young at San Quintin in 

 March, but saw none after the first week in April. I met 

 with it throughout the overland route from Comondu to San 

 Quintin. 



286. Harporhynchus redivivus (Gamb.) 



Californian Thrasher. — Mr. Anthony has found it as far 

 south as El Kosario and on San Pedro Martir as high as 

 7,500 feet elevation. Mr. Belding shot a specimen near 

 Valle Trinidad, where he reports it as rare. He also notes 

 it from San Quintin. 



287. Harporhynchus crissalis (Henry). 



Orissal Thrasher. — " One specimen, the first ever taken 

 in Lower California, was shot about the middle of May, 

 1885, ten or twelve miles northwest of San Pedro mount- 

 ains from a company or family of four. The remaining 

 three were very shy, and after pursuing them in every direc- 

 tion, about an hour, I reluctantly quit the chase as our 

 animals needed water, and we knew we must travel two or 

 three hours before finding any. This was but one of many 



