LOCALITIES VISITED BY OBSERVERS 1 
By Wells Woodbridge Cooke 
S O large a part of the bird observations in New Mexico has been made 
at places off the railroad and on few maps, that their location 
becomes a matter of great importance. In order to save space, 
each station is here definitely given once for all, instead of locating it 
each time it is referred to under the different species. The inclusive 
dates when each place was visited by the various collectors are given, 
thus saving needless repetition under the individual species. 
Abiquiu, Rio Arriba County. On the Big Chama River, 15 miles from its mouth. 
Baileys, October 13, 1904; Ligon, July 14, 1913. 
Acoma, Valencia County. Fourteen miles southwest of Laguna on the Atchi¬ 
son, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad; about 6,200 feet. One of the principal pueblos 
of the State. Baileys, September 23-25, 1906. 
Adobe Ranch, Hidalgo County. At north base of Animas Peak, 15 miles from 
Arizona and 25 miles from Mexico; 5,100 feet. This was the base camp for the 
exploration of the Animas Mountains, q. v. Goldman, July 27, 1908; Bailey, 
August 6-9, 1908. 
Agua Fria Spring (called Cold Springs on the Land Office map), Valencia 
County. Seven miles south of Copperton and 14 miles west of Grant on the Santa 
Fe Railroad; 8,000 feet. Base camp for work in the Zuni Mountains. Most of the 
specimens taken here are marked Copperton. Hollister, July 17-24, 1905. 
Alamogordo, Otero County. A Station on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 85 
miles northeast of El Paso; 4,300 feet. Baileys, May 28 and June 2, 1900; [Ligon, 
June 19 and October 22, 1917]. 
Alamosa River, Sierra County. A tributary of the Rio Grande from the west, 
with its mouth 45 miles north of Rincon. Goldman was at Ojo Caliente on this 
river September 30-October 3, 1909. Ligon was near Monticello about 20 miles 
from the mouth of the river, at 5,500 feet, the fall and winter of 1912-13. 
Albert, Harding County. On Tequesquite Creek. [Ligon, June 12, 1924.] 
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. The principal city in New Mexico, on the 
Rio Grande; 5,500 feet. Visited by most of the early collectors: Emory, Sep¬ 
tember 29, 1846; Abert, October 15 and 25, 1846; Kennerly, October 6-November 
8, 1853; Coues, June, 1864; Henshaw, early July, 1873; Evermann and Jenkins, 
early July, 1887; Bailey, June 28-July 1 and July 16-25, 1889; Loring, January 
11-19, 1894; Birtwell, 1899-1901 [Ligon, July 12 and August 2, 1917; June 16, 
July 28 and 29, 1919]. 
Algodones, Bernalillo County. On the Rio Grande, about 24 miles north and 
a little east of Albuquerque. [Ligon, many times from lUfi-’’ 921.1 
1 As these localities were tabulated by Professor Cooke before March 30, 1916, some of the localities 
are in counties which have since been subdivided, as Harding, formerly parts of Mora and Union; 
Catron, formerly the western part of Socorro; De Baca, formerly pans of Guadalupe and Chaves; 
Hidalgo, formerly the southern part of Grant; and Lea, formerly the northeastern part of Eddy. 
These, and the names of railroad line*, have been corrected to date. . 
Collectors who have visited the localities only since Professor Cooke s death are given in brackets. 
Aneroid altitudes are given where others were not available. 
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