CUCKOOS AND ROAD-RUNNERS: ROAD-RUNNER 311 
In the Guadalupe Mountains west of the Carlsbad Bird Reserve it was common 
at 6,500 feet altitude, in January, 1915; it was noted in the region in the winter of 
1915-16 [and was common in December, 1916. On the Rio Grande Bird Reserve, 
it was common November 23-December 9, 1916 (Willett)].—W. W. Cooke. 
Nest. —In cactus, yuccas, blue thorn, and buckeye bushes, or low trees, as mes- 
quite, cedar, live oak, hackberry; a structure of twigs about a foot in diameter, well 
Map 12. Road-uunneu 
Shaded areas show main breeding range. Triangles mark special breeding 
and yearlong records 
concealed in center of bush or tree, unlined or lined with roots, inner cedar bark, 
feathers, mesquite pods, manure chips, and sometimes snakeskin. Eggs: Usually 
4 to 6, white or pale yellowish, unspotted. 
Food. —Very largely grasshoppers and young crickets; also cicadas, spiders, 
beetles, cutworms, wire-worms, passion-vine and other caterpillars, bugs, ants, bees, 
and wasps, fly larvae, cocoons, centipedes, scorpions, tarantulas; snails, crabs, 
horned toads, lizards, snakes, rats, mice, young rabbits, small birds, and also seeds, 
cactus and other fruits. 
