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N. Leconte Thrasher
Date Mar. 25 1923
Set No. 5/3 411
Cholla
Loc. Palm Springs, Riverside Co. Cal.
Inc. Commenced but varying
Col. by Olden Miller
Nest in cholla cactus
Rim of cup stick frame
lined and pelted with a
small downy plant in
near vicinity of nest this
is typical nest. Cactus
in Palm Canon work
with other cactus and bushes
near by, ground about
sand without grass etc.
Bird sat close did not
leave until two feet from
cactus, left the vicinity
when flushed, however a bird
of a heavy web set remained
close by.