312 North American Birds Eggs. 



709. St. Lucas Thrasher. Toxostoma cinercum. 



Range. — Southern Lower California. 



,,.;;. "- ' . This species is similar to cirrvlrosfre but the under- 



■'/'">' ■ • •«. parts are spotted with dusky. Their habits and nests 



•'''■'•:. ''.;■- '' ", are similar to those of the other Thrashers and the three 



^<4^*-'.^*.5'.<'' ,>^ or four eggs are pale greenish white, spotted with red- 



™'-? , "^-r^'-^V^^ dish brown. Size 1.08 x .75. Data. — Santa Anita, June 



*-'';^'-J5s^'''' 8,1806. 3 eggs. Nest in a cactus. Collector, Coolidge 



[Pale grcciiisli wliite.l & Miller. 



709a. Mearns Thrasher. T. c. mearnsi. 



Range.— Northern Lower California. 



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

 on the breast and underparts. 

 7 10. California Thrasher. Toxostoma rcdivivuin. 



Range. — Southern half of California, west of the Sierra Nevadas. 



This species is more brownish than the other curve- .^j'^' - 



billed species and has a much longer and more curved ^«t» •'■*"-;>:'■ 

 bill. They are common in the under lirush 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. Sizel.l2x .82. Data.— 

 San Diego, Cal., Feb. 7, 18!)7. Nest of sticks and root- 

 lets in a grease-wood bush 4 feet from the ground. Col- 

 lector, Chas. W. Brown. 

 If/ 7 10a. Pasadena Thrasher. T. r. pasodenciise. 



t-=r:^'J'i Range. — Southern California. 

 \ 1*? A paler form of the last, having the same habits, and with the nests and eggs 

 \-iiiJ indistinguishable. 

 »' "L^ 7''- Leconte Thrasher. ToxoKtoiim Icmiitei. 



^^|V^ Range. — Desert regions of southwestern United States, chiefly in the valleys 



"^te^ of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. 



This species is much paler than the last and has a 



. ■' "I shorter bill. It is fairly common but locally distributed 



■. _■ *■.. in its range and nests at low elevations in bushes or 



cacti. The three or four eggs are pale greenish blue, 



sparingly dotted with reddish brown. Size 1.10 x .75. 



Data. — Phoenix, Arizona, April 2, 1807. S eggs. Large 



nest of dry twigs, rootlets, etc., lined with bits of rabbit 



IPalefrreenishbhie.l hair and^feathers; 4 feet from the ground in a small 



shrub. Collector, Geo. F. Breninger. 

 7 1 la. Desert Thrasher. T. I. arenwola. 

 Range.— Northern Lower California. 



This form of the last is said to dither in being darker above. It is a very 

 locally confined race, chiefly about Rosalia Bay, Lower California. Its eggs will 

 not be distinctive. 

 7 I 2. Crlssal Thrasher, Toxostoiiui rrigfinlis. 



Range.— Southwestern Ignited States from western Texas to eastern California; 

 north to southern Utah and Nevada. 



This species may be known from any other of the curve- 



y^' ' billed Thrashers by its grayish underparts and bright 



/ -■- chestnut under tail coverts. These sweet songsters are 



L^. abundant in suitable localities, nesting at low elevations in 



BJji^j^^^^, J chaparral. Their nests are large, and bulkily made of 



^|HBHH||||W|||f sticks and rootlets; the eggs range from two to four in num- 



^^^^^^^^^^^ ber and are pale greenish blue, unmarked. Size 1.10 x .75. 



^^^f^^^^ Data. — Phoenix, Arizona, April 15, 1807. Nest of thorns 



FTj 1 c.„icv, 1 i„c 1 lined with hair, in a chaparral bush 2 feet from the ground. 



IPalegieenisa iiiue.i (■jyHg^.^Q^^ ^Vill M. Fickas. 



