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Lucas Thrasher. Toxostoma rineirum. 



Range. — Southern Lower California. 

 This species is similar to curviro^itrr hut the under- 

 , • :\ parts are spotted with dusky. Their habits and nests 



; '- '.* :'^„_ are similar to those of the other Thrashers and the three 

 or four eggs are pale greenish white, spotted with red- 

 dish brown. Size 1.08 x .75. Data. — Santa Anita, June 

 o, 1896. 3 eggs. Nest in a cactus. Collector, Coolidge 

 & Miller. 



709a. Mearns Thrasher. T. c. mearnsi. 

 Range.— Northern Lower California. 



This species is described as darker than the last and with larger, blacker spots 

 on the breast and underparts. 

 7 10. California Thrasher. Toxostoma rcdivivum. 

 Range.— Southern half of California, west of the Sierra Nevadas. 

 This species is more brownish than the other curve- 

 billed species and has a much longer and more curved 

 bill. They are common in the under lirush of hillsides 

 and ravines, where they locate their nests at low eleva- 

 tions. Their nests are made of sticks and grass, lined 

 with rootlets, and the three or four eggs are bluish 

 green with spots of russet brown. Size 1.12 x .82. Data. — 

 San Diego, Cal., Feb. 7, 1897. Nest of sticks and root- 

 lets in a grease-wood bush 4 feet from the ground. Col- 

 lector, Chas. W. Brown. 



7 10a. Pasadena Thrasher. T. /•. pasadenense. 

 Range. — Southern California. 



A paler form of the last, having the same habits, and with the nests and eggs 

 indistinguishable. 

 7 11. Leconte Thrasher. Toxostoma lecoatei. 



Range.— Desert regions of southwestern United States, chiefly in the valleys 

 of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. 



This species is much paler than the last and has a 

 shorter bill. It is fairly common but locally distributed 

 in its range and nests at low elevations in bushes or 

 cacti. The three or four eggs are pale greenish blue, 

 '\>^ sparingly dotted with reddish brown. Size 1.10 x .75. 

 • ■:-^ Data. — Phoenix, Arizona, April 2, 1897. 3 eggs. Large 

 - .'^M^ nest of dry twigs, rootlets, etc., lined with bits of rabbit 



hair and "feathers; 4 feet from the ground in a small 

 shrub. Collector, Geo. F. Breninger. 

 Desert Thrasher. T. I. arenirola. 

 Range.— Northern Lower California. 



This form of the last is said to differ in being darker above. It is a very 

 locally confined race, chiefly about Rosalia Bay, Lower California. Its eggs will 

 not be distinctive. 

 7 12. Crissal Thrasher. Toxostoma crissalis. 



Range.— Southwestern United States from western Texas to eastern California; 

 north to southern Utah and Nevada. 



This species may be known from any other of the curve- 

 . billed Thrashers "by its grayish underparts and bright 



^ chestnut under tail coverts. These sweet songsters are 



Ml abundant in suitable localities, nesting at low elevations in 



^Mij^^^^ J chaparral. Their nests are large, and bulkily made of 



^^^^^HHMMv sticks and rootlets; the eggs range from two to four in num- 

 ^^^^^^^^^^ ber and are pale greenish blue, unmarked. Size 1.10 x .75. 

 ^^^^^^^ Data.— Phoenix, Arizona, April 15, 1897. Nest of thorns 

 lined with hair, in a chaparral bush 2 feet from the ground. 

 Collector, Will M. Fickas. 



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