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BIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 
Alma, Catron County. On the San Francisco River, 10 miles from the Arizona 
line; 5,200 feet. Baileys, October 15, 1906; October 16, the mesa near town at 
7,300 feet; Goldman, October 18-20, 1908; [Ligon, April 28, 1916, May 25, 1917; 
Kellogg, September 23, 1925J. 
Amarillo, Socorro County. On the Rio Grande about 40 miles north of San 
Marcial. Evermann, early July, 1887. 
Ancho, Lincoln County. On the Southern Pacific Railroad about 90 miles 
southwest of Santa Rosa; 6,000 feet. Gaut, September 22-25, 1903. 
Animas Mountains, Hidalgo County. A north and south range, the highest 
peak of which, Animas Peak, is 18 miles north of the Mexican boundary and 15 miles 
east of the Arizona line. Goldman, July 29-August 8, 1908, the main camp being on 
the north base at 5,800 feet, from which collecting was done to 8,000 feet; Bailey, 
August 6-8, 1908; [Ligon, April 1916, May 8, 1920J. 
Animas \ alley, Hidalgo County. The southern end of the valley is in Mexico. 
Monument Iso. 67 of the Mexican Boundary Survey is in the middle of the valley at 
5,200 feet. The valley varies from 5,000-5,400 feet. Mcarns crossed the valley 
seven times in July, 1892, August and October, 1893; Goldman made his 
base camp at Lang Ranch, also called San Luis Springs, 5,200 feet on the Inter¬ 
national Boundary, 14 miles from the Arizona line, and was there August 10-11, 
13-15, 18-19, 1908. He also spent the night of August 9 in the valley 18 miles to 
the northward at Gray Ranch, 5,000 feet. Bailey was at Gray Ranch and Lang 
Ranch, August 9-11, 1908. 
Anton Chico, Guadalupe County. On the Pecos River, 33 miles northwest of 
Santa Rosa; 6,000 feet. Baileys, June 29, 1903; Ligon, July 8, 1913. 
Apache (called also Apache Hills and Apache Mountains), Grant County. 
Altitude 4,400-5,400 feet. Anthony's base camp was on the east side about 5 
miles southeast of Hachita on the Southern Pacific Railroad, February-October, 
1886, and September to December, 1889. Mearns collected in these mountains 
part of April 22-May 15, 1892, from his camp 4 miles east on the International 
Boundary at Monument No. 40. 
Apache Canyon, Union County. Near Rabbit Ear Mountain, 4 miles north 
of Clayton on the Colorado and Southern Railroad, 5,000 feet. Howell, August 
10-12, 1903; Ligon, May, 1915. 
Aragon (formerly Old Fort Tularosa), Catron County. On the Tularosa 
River. Baileys, October 9-10, 1906; Ligon, April 10, 1915. 
Arroyo Hondo. See Hondo Canyon. 
Arroyo Seco, Taos County. A Mexican hamlet in the Hondo Valley, 10 miles 
north of 1 aos. Bailey s camp was a little to the southward on the top of the mesa 
at 8,000 feet, August 12-14, 1904. Surber collected here January 19-February 
8, 1904, from a base camp at 8,000 feet. 
Artesia, Eddy County. In the Pecos Valley on the Santa Fe Railroad, north 
west of Carlsbad. [Ligon, June 1 and 2, 1924.] 
Aztec, San Juan County. On Las Animas River, 10 miles from the Colorado 
line; 5,600 feet. Loring, December 3-9, 1893. 
Bear Canyon, Bernalillo County. In the west foothills of the Sandia Moun 
tains near the south end, 15 miles northeast of Albuquerque; 6,750 feet. Gaut, 
December 29, 1903-January 1, 1904. 
