LARKS: DESERT HORNED LARK 
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breeding in the State, leucolaema in the east and central, occidentalis in the west- 
central, aphrasia in the southwest; while enthyrnia , a winter migrant, has been 
recorded from Las Vegas Hot Springs, December 13,1882 (Batchelder). The present 
form, leucolaema , is the most common and widely extended form in New Mexico, 
breeding over the eastern and south-central part of the State, including Carlsbad, the 
1. Desert Horned Lark. 2. Montezuma Horned Lark. 3. Chihuahua Horned 
Lark. Shaded areas show general breeding ranges. Triangles, a few breeding or 
breeding season records 
southwestern foothills of the Capitan Mountains, [the Jornado del Muerto, where it 
nests abundantly, the young hatching out generally the latter part of March (Ligon, 
1916-1918)], Santa Rosa, and Espanola. At this last locality its range approaches 
closely to that of occidentalis, the type locality of which is Santa Fe. The Desert 
Horned Lark breeds from the lowest place in the State, 3,500 feet, at Carlsbad, to 
Engle, 4,700 feet,where they were abundant and the young were already out of the 
nest June 13, 1913, southeast to the salt flats near Tularosa. A few range up the 
Cuchillo to Willow Spring, breeding there at about 6,500 feet (Ligon); others breeding 
