252 
BIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 
March 18 and 20, 1915 (Ligon); on the Carlsbad Bird Reserve about 200 were 
estimated April 27, 1914, and 100, April 29 (Cooper); they were common in January, 
1915, noted during the winter of 1915-16, [common in December, 1916, and also on 
the Rio Grande Bird Reserve noted November 23-December 9, 1916 (Willett)].— 
W. W. Cooke. 
Map 10. Killdeer 
Triangles mark breeding and breeding season records 
Nest. A slight depression in bare sandy or pebbly ground with or without 
h ;;r h mT 3 ’ W t° d . 8talka ’ P<3bbles ’ or bits of h ard earth. Eggs • Usually 4 dull 
bufTy, boldly marked with dark brown, black, and dull lavender ’ 
estroyers, bill bugs which damage corn, wire worms and their adult 
