LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1 
PLATES 
[Colored plates in bold-face type] 
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1. Painted Redstart and Red-faced Warbler. Allan Brooks.Frontispiece 
2. Map of Life Zones in New Mexico. Vernon Bailey. 6 
3. Eared Grebe. L. A. Fuertes. 76 
4. Treganza Herons. Photographed from mounted group in Colorado 
Museum. 88 
5. Snowy Egret. 92 
6. Black-crowned Night Heron. L. A. Fuertes. 94 
7. American Bittern. Photographed by S. S. S. Stansell. 96 
8. Canada Geese. Photographed from mounted group in Colorado Museum. 106 
9. Soaring Vultures, Hawks, and Eagles (Turkey Vulture, Western Goshawk, 
Sharp-shinned, Cooper, Western Redtail, Zone-tailed, Swainson, and 
American Rough-legged Hawks, Ferruginous Rough-leg, Harris Hawk, 
Mexican Goshawk, Mexican Black Hawk, Golden Eagle, Bald Eagle, 
Marsh Hawk, Osprey, Prairie Falcon, Duck Hawk, Aplomado Falcon, 
Pigeon Hawk, and Desert Sparrow Hawk. Allan Brooks. 150 
10. Mainly Injurious Hawks (Western Goshawk, Sharp-shinned and Cooper 
Hawks). Allan Brooks. 156 
11. Mainly Beneficial Hawks (Western Redtail, Swainson Hawk, Ferruginous 
Rough-leg, and Desert Sparrow Hawk). Allan Brooks. 162 
12. Ferruginous Rough-legs. Photographed from mounted group in Colorado 
Museum. 172 
13. Golden Eagles. Photographed from mounted group in Colorado Museum.. 170 
14. Bald Eagle. Robert Ridgway. 186 
15. Marsh Hawks. L. A. Fuertes. 182 
16. Prairie Falcon. L. A. Fuertes. 188 
17. Dusky Grouse. Allan Brooks. 196 
18. Arizona Scaled Quail. L. A. Fuertes. 216 
19. Gambel Quail. Allan Brooks. 218 
20. Meams Quail. L. A. Fuertes. 226 
21. Merriara Turkey. Photographed from mounted group in Colorado 
Museum. 232 
22. Sandhill Cranes. Photographed from mounted group in Colorado Mu¬ 
seum . 240 
23. American Coot. Photographed by H. H. Pittman. 244 
24. Killdeer. L. A. Fuertes. 250 
25. Long-billed Curlew. L. A. Fuertes. 258 
26. Upland Plover. L. A. Fuertes. 262 
27. Greater Yellow-legs. L. A. Fuertes. 268 
28. Black-necked Stilts. L. A. Fuertes. 284 
29. Wilson Phalaropes. L. A. Fuertes. 288 
30. Ring-billed Gull. L. A. Fuertes. 290 
31. Band-tailed Pigeon, Western Mourning Dove, and Western White-winged 
Dove. Allan Brooks.*. 296 
32. Road-runners. Photographed from mounted group in Colorado Museum.. 312 
33. Screech Owl. Photographed by R. B. Rockwell. 316 
34. Burrowing Owl. Allan Brooks. 328 
35. Poor-will. L. A. Fuertes. 340 
36. Hummingbirds (Black-chinned, Broad-tailed, and Rufous). Allan Brooks. 354 
37. Red-shafted Flickers, young. Photographed by R. B. Rockwell. 378 
1 In cases where no illustration of the New Mexico species or subspecies has been available, a pre¬ 
viously published cut of a closely related form, essentially the same in general appearance has been 
used, its specific or subspecific name being given in parentheses in the legend under the illustration. 
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