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an automobile but apparently not in front of it (Wetmore, Connor, xvii, 1916, p. 112). 
These facts are some indication that flickers when not pressed fly very nearly as fast 
as they do when making their best speed.—CLAUDE GIGNOUx, Berkeley, California, Decem- 
ber 6, 1920. 
The Bendire Thrasher Nesting in California.—On April 11, 1920, I was collecting 
on the Mohave Desert near Victorville, California, with Mr. Selwyn Rich, a fellow mem- 
ber of the Cooper Club. He had the good luck to discover a nest with four eggs, incuba- 
tion just started, of the Bendire Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei). Unfortunately we were 
unable to collect the bird, but as the eggs were typical of this species there was little 
doubt left in our minds as to their correct identity. I substantiated our views, when, on 
April 26, 1920, in the same general locality, I took a similar set, with the female parent. 
Fig. 7. NEST AND EGGS OF THE BENDIRE THRASHER; TAKEN NEAR VICTORVILLE, MOHAVE 
DESERT, CALIFORNIA; APRIL 26, 1920. 
The nest in each case was about four feet up in “cholla”’ cactus, and in each instance 
the bird was extremely wary. 
The main body of the nest is of sticks, and there is a well shaped cup, lined with 
fine grasses, weed stems, soft weed bark, a little rabbit fur and some cottony material 
(see fig. 7). \ 
This adds another to the few records of the Bendire Thrasher in California, and it 
is, I believe, the first nesting record for the state. The bird collected is no. 1984, coll. 
W. M. P., and the sets of eggs nos. 1235, and 1266, coll. W. M. P.—Wricut M. Prercn, 
Claremont, California, October 4, 1920. 
Unusual Late Summer Birds in the Yosemite Valley.—There is a wider dispersal 
of nesting birds during August and September than at any other time of year. During 
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