AND DESERTS 141 
Fic. 39. The Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus), a 
characteristic bird of the desert regions of California and Texas, where 
it builds a complicated nest in cactus bushes. (Photo by the Biological 
Survey, U.S.A.) 
In South America the place of the secretary bird in 
nature is taken by the seriemas, birds apparently 
related to- the cranes, but showing a curiously close 
