HUMMINGBIRDS: BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD 359 
Grant, June 29, 1916 (Ligon); Lake Burford, 7,700 feet, fairly common May 23-June 
19, 1918 (Wetmore) 1; and Pecos (Bailey), to 8,000 feet at Agua Fria in the Zuni 
Mountains (Hollister); [8,000 feet in the Santa Fe Canyon (Jensen, 1919) 1; 9,000 feet 
at Cloudcroft (Bailey); the same altitude in the Capitan Mountains (Gaut); the 
Sangre de Cristos in San Miguel County (Mitchell); and sometimes much higher, for 
one was found August 17, 1904, feeding young in the nest at 10,700 feet on Lost 
Trail Creek in the Culebra Mountains (Bailey). 
Map 14. Bito ad-tailed Hummingbird 
Shaded areas show general breeding and migration range 
During fall migration the species ranges much higher and in August, 1903, was 
seen on the summit of Pecos Baldy at 12,600 feet, while on July 26, 1904, an adult 
male was seen at 12,500 feet, and during the month another was found up to 12,700 
feet on the side of Wheeler Peak (Bailey). At this time it also descends a little lower 
than the breeding range to 5,000 feet at Apache, where it was abundant (Anthony). 
August is the month of the main fall migration and few individuals are left in the 
State at the end of the month. Near Koehler Junction, it was very common on 
