PRELIMINARY LIST OF BIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 



COMPILED BY F. FORD. 



1. Aechmophorus occidentalis. Western Grebe. 



"One specimen, Gila, Nov." (Henshaw.) 



2. Colymbus nigricollis calif ornicus. Eared Grebe. 



"Rare, breeding- at 7000 ft., vicinity of Las Vegas," (Mit- 

 chell.) One specimen, Bernalillo, Oct. 28. (Birtwell.) 



3. Podilymbus podiceps. Pied-billed Grebe. 



One specimen, Albuquerque, Oct. 14. (Birtwell.) 



4. Gavia pacifica. Pacific Loon. 



"Accidental in New Mexico." (A. O. U. Check List.) 



5. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. 



One specimen, Albuquerque, April 20. (Birtwell.) One 

 specimen, Thirteen Mile Lake, Chaves Co., Oct., 

 (Barber.) One specimen, Mangus Springs, May. 

 (Metcalfe.) 



6. Xema Sabini. Sabine's Gull. 



One specimen, Albuquerque, Oct. 8. (Birtwell.) 



7. Sterna hirundo. Common Tern. 



"Common on Rio Grande." (Henshaw.) 



8. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. Black Tern. 



"Several seen near Las Vegas, Aug. 31." (Bailey, F.) 



9. Anhinga anhinga. Water-Turkey. 



"Accidental in New Mexico." (A. O. U. Check List.) 



10. Phalacrocorax vigua mexicanus. Mexican Cormorant. 



"New Mexico." (A. O. U. Check List.) 



1 1 . Mergus americanus. M e r gan s e r . 



"One female and four young seen, Upper Pecos, July 2." 

 (Goss.) One specimen, Tortugas Lake, Nov. (Ford.) 



12. Lophotfytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. 



"Northern New Mexico." (A. O. U. Check List.) 



13. Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard. 



"Bagged in profusion, Albuquerque, Sept. 23". Other 

 specimens Sept. 10 and 17, Oct. 7 and Nov. 18. (Birt- 

 well.) "Common in New Mexico." ( Woodhouse.) - 

 Always among the migrants in spring and fall in Me- 

 silla Valley. (Ford.) 



14. Mareca americana. Baldpate. 



"One specimen, Silver City, Apr. 15". (Hunn.) "Quite- 

 abundant in New Mexico." (Woodhouse.) One speci- 

 men, Albuquerque, Oct. (Stover.) 



