MAGPIES, JAYS, CROWS: WHITE-NECKED RAVEN 491 
disappear entirely in late November, after the crops are harvested, and do not reap¬ 
pear until late January or early February ;” In New Mexico early in March— 
March 11 and 12, 1918—great numbers were encountered, flocks of 100 or more 
being seen at Deming (Ligon).]—W. W. Cooke. 
Map 37. White-necked Raven 
Shaded areas show breeding range, mainly in Lower Sonoran Zone and the lower 
edge of Upper Sonoran Zone 
Nest. —Frequently in mesquite, cats-claw, oak, ash, desert willow, and yucca; 
made generally with a framework of thorny twigs, lined according to locality with 
cattle hair, rabbit skin and fur, wool, bark, grass, or moss. Eggs: 4 to 6, greenish, 
generally with longitudinal streaks and hair lines, and blotches of lilac, gray, and 
drab; more or less hidden by brown spots and blotches. 
Food. —Principally animal matter including carrion (as dead jack rabbits), 
cottontails and cotton rats, field mice, lizards, cicadas, alfalfa caterpillars and 
“conchuela”; also cactus, wild fruit, and probably waste grain. Stomachs of five 
young about ten days old examined by Ligon contained three small nestlings, 
