MIMID^: Thrashers and Mockingbirds 



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Res. Common locally, in 

 low, hot deserts of southeastern 

 California and southwestern 

 Arizona; in wide areas of open 

 brush and cactus. Still more 

 local in Mohave Desert. Nest 

 usually in a cholla cactus. 



Res. Southeastern 

 California and southwest- 

 ern portion of Arizona. 

 Lower Sonoran Zone, in 

 thick brush of stream- 

 bottoms, and especially in 

 mesquite growth. Com- 

 mon locally, but irregu- 

 larly distributed. 



Cnssol Thrasher^ 



WRENS. Family Troglodytidae 



Nesting-habits highly varied ; always in a cavity of some sort, 

 natural, artificial, or built by the birds themselves. Food exclusively 

 insects. 



Res. Lower Sonoran 

 Zone of southwestern Ari- 

 zona and southern Cali- 

 fornia. Common locally. 

 Nest in cholla cactus or 

 mesquite. 



