Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



710. Californian Thrasher (Toxostoma redwivurn). 

 L. 12. Ads. Above grayish brown; belly distinctly 

 buff; breast grayish, throat whitish, washed with buff; 

 no white in wings or tail. Notes. Song suggesting 

 both that of the Brown Thrasher and the Mockingbird. 



Range, California west of the Sierra Nevada, north of about Lat. 

 35 ; south into Lower California. 



7 I0a. Pasadena Thrasher (7. r.pasadenense). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 710, but grayer above; belly paler, throat 

 whiter. 



Range. Southern California. 



711. Leconte Thrasher (Toxostoma, lecontei}. L. 

 10.5. Ads. Above brownish ashy, below creamy 

 white, under tail-coverts buff. Notes. Call, a sharply 

 reiterated whit or quit; song, remarkable for its loud 

 rich tone; can be heard distinctly for more than a rrlile. 

 (Mearns.) Call, low and musical, huee-e, whistled 

 through the teeth. (Stephens.) 



Range. "Desert region of southern California, Nevada, and ex- 

 treme southwestern Utah, from Benton, Cal. (Lat. 38 ), southeast- 

 ward through Arizona to Sonora (Lat. 30 ). Local in San Joaquin 

 Valley." (A.O.U.) 



7 Ma. Desert Thrasher (7. /. arenicola). Differ- 

 ing from No. 711 in having upperparts darker and 

 grayer, tail blacker, and breast gray. (Anthony.) 



Range. Northern Lower California. (Rosalia Bay.) 



712. Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissalis). L. 

 12. Ads. Under tail-coverts reddish chestnut; upper- 

 parts brownish gray; underparts ashy, chin white. 

 Notes. No loud call note; song of remarkable scope 

 and sweetness. (Mearns.) 



Range. "Southwestern United States, from western Texas to the 

 Colorado Desert, California, and northern Lower California; north to 

 Charleston Mountains, Nevada, and St. George, Utah." (A. O. U.) 



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