Perching Birds Chiefly Dull Colored 



710. Californian Thrasher [Toxostoma redivivum). 

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

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

 no while in win^ or tail. Notes. Song sugi;estinR 

 fcoth that of the Brown Thrasher and the Mockingbird. 



Rangp, — California WEst nf the Slarra Npvada. north ot ahoiit Lat. 

 35° ; snulh Into Lower California. 



7 lOa. Pasadena Thrasher (7". r.pasadenmsd). Sim- 

 ilarto No. 710, but grayer above; belly paler, throat 

 whiter. 



Range.— Southern California. 



7(1. Leconte Thrasher [Toxostoma hcontd). L. 

 10.5. Ads. Above brownish ashy, helow creamy 

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

 reiterated ^M or quii\ song, remarkable for its loud 



Tich tone; can be heard distinctly for more than a nlile. 

 CMearns.) Call, low and musical, husi-e, whistled 

 through the teeth. (Stephens.) 



Range.— "Desert reelon of southern CalifomEa, Nevada, anil ex- 

 Ire me southwestern Utah, from Benton, Cal. (Lat. 38° ), southeast- 

 ward through Arizona to Sonora (Lat. 30° ). Local In ban Joaquin 

 "Valley." (A.O. U.) 



7ll8. Desert Thrasher ( 7". /. armicola.). Differ- 

 ing from No. 711 in having upperparts darker and 

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



Ranee.— Northern Lower California. (Rosalia Bay.) 



712. Orissal Thrasher {Toxostoma erissalis). L. 

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

 'parts brownish gray; iinderparts ashy, chin white. 

 Notes. No loud call note; song of remarkable scope 

 and sweetness. (Mearns.) 



Rungre.— "Southwestern United States, from western Texas to the 

 "Colorado Desert, California, and northern Lower California: north to 

 Outfleston Mountains, Nevada, and St. Geori^e, Utah." [A. O. U.) 



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