THE BIRD BOOK 



707a. PALMER'S THRASHER. Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri. 



Range. Very abundant in southern Arizona and southward into Mexico. 



The nesting habits and eggs of these birds are exactly like those of the last; 

 they show a preference for placing their nests of sticks and thorny twigs upon 

 cacti at elevations below five feet from the ground. Like the last, they generally 

 raise two broods a season. 



708. BENPIRE'S THRASHER. Toxostoma bendirei. 



Range. Southern Arizona and Mexico; north locally to southern Colorado. 



This species is not as abundant in the deserts of southern 

 Arizona as are the last species with which they associate. /'"" 

 They nest at low elevations in mesquites or cacti, laying 

 their first sets in March and early April and usually rais- 

 ing two brooks a season; their three or four eggs are dull 

 whitish, spotted and blotched with brownish drab and lilac 

 gray. Size 1.00 x .72. Data. Tucson, Arizona, April 15, 

 1896. Nest 3 feet up in a cholla cactus; made of large 

 sticks lined with fine grasses. Grayish white 



709. SAN LUCAS THRASHER. Toxostoma cinereum cihereum. 



Range. Southern Lower California. 

 This species is similar to curvirostre but the under 

 parts are spotted with dusky. Their habits and nests 

 are similar to those of the other Thrashers and the three 

 '-iff '+*& r four eggs are P ale greenish white, spotted with red- 

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

 I ,*5^r''' 3, 1896. 3 eggs. Nest in a cactus. 



Pale greenish white 



70Qa. MEARNS'S THRASHER. Toxostoma cinereum mearnsi. 



Range. Northern Lower California. 



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

 on the breast and underparts. 



710. CALIFORNIA THRASHER. Toxostoma redivivum. 



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 ^ ,. y -^ . 

 bill. They are common in the under brush 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. 

 Collector, Chas. W. Brown. Bluish green 



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