: Thrashers and Mockingbirds 



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Southwestern California 

 Res, Abundant in lower 

 country, nesting generally 

 about human habitations; less 

 numerous in foothill canyons 

 and on deserts eastward. 



Arizona Res., locally, in 

 hot valleys of the south ; mostly 

 S.V. in other parts, and re- 

 corded as W.V. on the lower 

 Colorado River. 



Western 

 Mocrtinqbird 



Arizona Res. Flat, 

 cactus-grown Lower Sonoran 

 deserts; quite irregular in dis- 

 tribution. Recorded as most 

 numerous in central part of 

 State. 



Be ndireTh rasher 



Arizona Res. Com- 

 mon. Lower Sonoran val- 

 leys of southern part of 

 State. Mostly below 5000 

 feet. Favors canyons and 

 shrubbery, rather than 

 open cactus desert as does 

 the Bendire. 



PolmerThrasher 



Southwestern California 

 Res. Common. In thick 

 brush of stream-bottoms; most 

 numerous in foothill chaparral, 

 to 5000 feet or more. 



CaliforniaThrasher 



