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Saskatchewan, two from South Dakota, one from Indiana, three from 

 Iowa, and one from Missouri. An adult banded on Long Island in 

 May 1932 was caught in a rat trap in Texas in March 1940. 



Casual records. — An individual was closely studied on August 20, 

 1940, at Klamath Lake, Oregon. There are 4 records for California : 

 one at Clear Lake, Lake County, in September 1870 ; one present at 

 Altadena from December 1, 1932, to late March 1933 ; one near Holly- 

 wood from January 13 to April 17, 1939 ; and one at Pomona in March 

 and April 1940. A specimen was collected on December 9, 1935, at Zion 

 Canyon, Utah, after the bird had been observed for several days. In 

 Arizona a specimen was collected on October 5, 1907, in the foothills of 

 the Huachuca Mountains. On November 24, 1938, a specimen was col- 

 lected a few miles north of Albuquerque, N. Mex. The brown thrasher 

 has been recorded twice at Grand Manan, New Brunswick, and a speci- 

 men has been taken at Hamilton, Bermuda. 



Egg dates. — Florida: 20 records, March 25 to July 9; 10 records 

 May 3 to 25, indicating the height of the season. 



Georgia : 25 records, April 16 to June 20 ; 18 records, April 22 to 

 May 5. 



Illinois: 114 records, April 22 to July 5; 65 records. May 12 to 30. 



Massachusetts: 40 records. May 18 to July 8; 26 records. May 20 

 to 31. 



Oklahoma : 16 records. May 4 to 29. 



South Dakota : 20 records, April 29 to June 19 ; 13 records. May 31 

 to June 8. 



TOXOSTOMA RUFUM LONGICAUDA (Baird) 

 WESTERN BROWN THRASHER 



The familiar brown thrasher is one of comparatively few birds 

 whose name has always stood on our list as a binomial, in spite of the 

 fact that the apparent existence of a western race was called to our 

 attention nearly 90 years ago. Professor Baird (1858) wrote, long 

 years ago: "Among the series before me are several specimens (5651, 

 5652, 4703) differing in some noticeable points. They are considerably 

 larger than Pennsylvania ones, with decidedly longer tail and wings. 

 The under parts are more decidedly rufous white ; the white band on 

 the wings tinged with the same. The concealed portion of the quills 

 (including the shafts) is much darker brown, and the shafts of the 

 tail feathers are dark brown, conspicuously different from the vanes. 

 The spots on the breast are considerably darker, showing little, if any, 

 of the reddish brown. * * * As a strongly marked variety, at 

 least, it may be well to call it H. longicauda^'' 



The type specimen was taken in western Kansas, but the range 

 extends to eastern Colorado and northward to Alberta and Saskatch- 

 ewan ; it winters from Tennessee to Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. 



