Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored. 
710. Californian Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum). 
L.12z. 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 to about Lat. 
35°; south into Lower California. 
710a. Pasadena Thrasher (7. 1. pasadenense). Sim- 
ilar to No. 710, but grayer above; belly paler, throat 
whiter. 
Range.—Southern California. 
711. Leconte Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontet). L. 
10.5. Ads. Above brownish ashy, below creamy 
white, under tail-coverts buff. Notes. Call, a sharply 
reiterated whit or quzt; song, remarkable for its loud 
rich tone; can be heard distinctly for more than a _ niile. 
(Mearns.) Call, low and musical, hueé-e, whistled 
through the teeth. (Stephens.) 
~Range.—‘‘Desert region of southern California, Nevada, and ex- 
treme southwestern Utah, from Benton, Cal. (Lat. Fee southeast- 
ward through Arizona to Sonora (Lat. 30° ). Local in San Joaquin 
Valley.’’ (A.O.U.) 
71 la. Desert Thrasher (7.7. 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. Grissal 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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