bundant 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 raising two broods 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.

709. SAN LUCAS THRASHER. _Toxostoma cinereum cinereum._

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 reddish 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
elevations. 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 rootlets in a grease-wood bush 4 feet from the
ground. Collector, Chas. W. Brown.

[Illustration 424: Grayish white.]
[Illustration: Pale greenish white.]
[Illustration: Bluish green.]
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711. LECONTE'S THRASHER. _Toxostoma lecontei lecontei._

Range.--Desert regions of southwestern United Stat