THRASHERS, MOCKINGBIRDS: CR1SSAL THRASHER 559 
General Habits. —Among the grotesque forms of tree cactus and 
tree yucca on Cactus Flat at the foot of the Mogollons, November 5, 
1906, we were delighted to catch sight of the large dark Crissal Thrashers 
with their long, sharply curved bills, flying swiftly away to cover. 
Map 50. Crissal Thrasher 
Shaded areas show general range. Triangles mark breeding and yearlong 
records 
They were rather common early in September, 1908, on the western 
basal slopes of the Florida mountains, Major Goldman reports, “ ranging 
up over the hot slopes along with Yucca radiosa and other Lower 
Sonoran plants to about 5,100 feet” (MS). 
In the early days, Mr. Henshaw found that they inhabited by 
preference “the rough sides of rocky canyons or the hillsides covered 
with broken debris, interspersed with straggling bushes” (1875, p. 
158). 
