The Crhi.'it V 
N».• l - . * Leconte Thru t.!i« soul of discretion. 
It ■ b:. e wraith, td-.-ss in ubation is far 
' in. At sh< ' mellow call note, whooit, 
or Lon. ;■■( tn . ■■ i in the offing on one side and now on 
ih: Hv..* .u ., oftvni r than otic • - occupies the vety center of 
a ch "’;ioi- at .m elevation of tvs. : h.vt, and how the bird itself 
;• -'o: - injury ;n ; sing a ad rcpasAng m ; bristling parapet of spines, 
passes human < -.>•*•.; rchension. The is itself is a stimsv affair, for 
great dependence, is placed upon the - e! . supporting array of cactus 
branches: but tite quantity <:> foreign twigs which may be 
smuggled in:. si..,; : nest is sure to be composed 
almost >vs i. .- ; pi,- jettsely mu tied flower-heads of a certain gray 
weed v, s.i ;; • : tbe-err. This custom is inexorable, at least 
in : hi- >. ■ • d ■ : •. desertr. What the birds who nest in the 
And ■. • o’ : q a X’ista Lake region do for linings, I do not 
know. 
i d: i.trv on the Colorado Desert, though early 
' d . ■ s :• e to; fresh eggs. Sometimes a second 
• " d n: n i:or ».•;.< bu; - ( 'iid nesting, or indeed any 
ab! - tbruarj rains 
■ ■ i. ■ l s d ;■ de:e:' i ■■ , e< r -nd there 
■; dg,- :he- - - : ;;; o-■ [ tijeTi the Thrashers 
a will. 
Crissal (upper) and Leconte (lower) Thrashers 
About % life size < indeed, as 
From a water-color painting by . Ulan Brooks 
Orissa) Thrasher 
1 «ojvui crissslc Henry. 
- tsvwhii! siiti;!:ir :■ ? p&nltmu redivivum, hut under- 
> nh «rearer coni rust between ground-color and white 
V . -i.iin «ra> .-'i hrmvn or drab, shading on sides 
■ and malar are; pure while, interrupted by 
'•■P-.'d wills white; cri-sum and flanks dull 
; • Length yo a-vo ■- (n .00-12.00) ; wing 
• :.;ous -, 2 .d (j. ")). 
• : da !•: coloration; red crissuin. 
with dead grasses, 
r ./.rzyphus) bush, or in 
light niagara green, 
