SAGE THRASHER 435 



Casual records. — On June 4, 1940, at Gleeson, Cochise County, 

 Ariz., a bird still in juvenile plumage was collected; this is more than 

 250 miles south of the southernmost known breeding record for the 

 State. A sage thrasher was recorded at Portland, Oreg., on August 

 12, 1924. There are two sight records for North Dakota: one at 

 Medora on June 16, 1918, and one on April 24, 1930, in Woodbury 

 Township, Stutsman County. A specimen was collected July 29, 1913, 

 in Buffalo Valley, southwest Stanley County, S. Dak. One specimen 

 was collected and four other birds seen on January 2, 1926, in Cameron 

 Parish, La., only about 100 yards from the coast. On April 12, 1942, a 

 specimen was collected near Braddock Bay, Monroe County, N. Y. 



Egg dates. — California : 24 records, April 19 to July 18 ; 12 records, 

 April 19 to May 19 ; 9 records, June 4 to 25. 



Utah: 44 records, April 30 to June 11; 22 records, May 13 to 31, 

 indicating the height of the season. 



Washington : 22 records, April 14 to May 20 ; 11 records, April 24 

 to May 9. 



