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Erichson
1934
Toxostoma
toward ground; a few bans of song given almost
immediately then quiet; no trace of bird found
other than a few feathers.
Harguahala Mts., 3000ft., Yuma Co., Ariz. Feb. 16, 1934.
One heard and seen singing from top of 25 ft. giant
cactus, on mesa at base of mts., cactus of cholla and
prickly pear type numerous in region. When shot at
to ground then
Thrasher flew, to top of another cactus, sang again;
as I approached flew down to ground lost.