THE BIRD BOOK 
707a- Palmer’s Thrasher. Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri. 
Range. — Very abundant in southern Arizona and southward into Mexico. 
The nesting habits and eggs of these birds are exactly like those of the last; 
they show a preference for placing their nests of sticks and thorny twigs upon 
cacti at elevations below five feet from the ground. Like the last, they generally 
raise two broods a season. 
708. Bendire’s Thrasher. Toxostoma bendirei. 
Range.- — Southern Arizona and Mexico; north locally to southern Colorado. 
This species is not as abundant in the deserts of southern 
Arizona as are the last species with which they associate. 
They nest at low elevations in mesquites or cacti, laying 
their first sets in March and early April and usually rais- 
ing two brooks a season; their three or four eggs are dull 
whitish, spotted and blotched with brownish drab and lilac 
gray. Size 1.00 x .72. Data. — Tucson, Arizona, April 15, 
1896. Nest 3 feet up in a cholla cactus; made of large 
sticks lined with fine grasses. Grayish white 
709. San Lucas Thrasher. Toxostoma cinereum cinereum. 
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Pale greenish white 
Range. — Southern Lower California. 
This species is similar to curvirostre but the under 
parts are spotted with dusky. Their habits and nests 
are similar to those of the other Thrashers and the three 
or four eggs are pale greenish white, spotted with red- 
dish brown. Size 1.08 x .75. Data. — Santa Anita, June 
3, 1896. 3 eggs. Nest in a cactus. 
709a. Mearns’s Thrasher. Toxostoma cinereum mearnsi. 
Range. — Northern Lower California. 
This species is described as darker than the last and with larger, blacker spots 
on the breast and underparts. 
710. California Thrasher. Toxostoma redivivum. 
Range.— Southern half of California, west of the Sierra Nevadas. 
This species is more brownish than the other curve- 
billed species and has a much longer and more curved 
bill. They are common in the under brush 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. Size 1.12 x .82. Data. 
—San Diego, Cal., Feb. 7, 1897. Nest of sticks and root- 
lets in a grease-wood bush 4 feet from the ground. 
Collector, Chas. W. Brown. 
Bluish green 
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