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BIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 
The species breeds more commonly at 8,000 feet, as at Glorieta where young were 
being fed July 7-10, 1903 (Bailey); Willis, 7,800 feet (Henshaw); Tres Piedras, 
8,000 feet, July 11-19, 1892 (Loring); Pueblo Creek near Taos, about 8,000 feet, 
feeding young the second week in July, 1904 (Bailey); Chuska Mountains July, 
1907 (Gilman); and Pinos Altos Moun¬ 
tains, near Silver City, 7,000-8,000 feet, 
June 27-July 12, 1894 (Fisher). [In Santa 
Fe, 7,000 feet, it nests in bird boxes; 
in Santa Fe Canyon, a nest was found 
June 22, 1922. Fresh eggs are found June 
10-July 1 (Jensen); at LakeBurford, 6,249 
feet, it was fairly common and nesting, 
May 23-June 19, 1918 (Wetmore).] 
Thus it breeds for the most part between 
7,500 and 9,000 feet. One was seen the 
last week in May, 1903, in Mott Canyon 
near Santa Rosa, at 4,600 feet (Bailey), 
but it may have been merely a late mi¬ 
grant. 
As soon as the young are out of the nest, 
both old and young ascend far into the 
mountains and through the late summer 
and early fall are found as high as 10,000- 
11,000 feet. Tlie species was common at 
10,000 feet in the Capitan Mountains, 
August 12-16, 1903 (Gaut); at 9,000 feet 
. in Costilla Pass, September 22-27, 1903 
(Ilowell); up to 10,700 feet in the Red River 
Valley, August 14-19, 1904; at Lake 
Fork above Twining, about 10,500 feet, 
August 6, 1904; and at 11,600 feet on Pecos 
# Baldy, August 9, 1903 (Bailey). 
In the fall migration it leaves the State principally in September, though a 
few remain to October. It was found as late as September 22, 1904, at Horse 
Lake (Bailey); October 1-7, 1908, at 8,800 feet in the Chuska Mountains (Birdseye); 
one October 20, 1906, on Willow Creek, about 8,500 feet, in the Mogollon Moun¬ 
tains (Bailey); and one the first week of November near Kingston (Goldman). 
J'Ju!T lU ° U 'V ,aS been noted at Apache, about 5,000 feet (Anthony); at 6,500- 
7,800 feet in the Burro Mountains, September 15-23, 1908; in the Magdalena 
Mountains 6,500-9,OOO feet, August 28-September 4, 1909 (Goldman); in the fall 
190^°(Bdley) Ore ' 3 ’ 8 °° (Henry) ’ and at CarIsbad > 3,100 feet, September 1-14, 
In the spring migration, the first was noted as returning on April 18, 1889, at 
ooney (Barrell); on April 24, 1904, one was collected at Rinconada (Surber); 
Willis P (Lrtwell) -W. T CooK K at AlbUqUerqUe> an<1 an ° ther May 28 ' 19 °°’ at 
Nest —In woodpecker holes, other cavities in trees, or about buildings, made 
wUh redi i hT’ 7 feat u erS - ^ 4 t0 7 ’ P inkish white - thickly spotted 
with reddish brown or brownish purple. 
inse!t 0 a °e;w ra 7 h . 0PP T' beet ‘ CS ’ Ca ' erpillarS ' and spiders are the principal 
nsects eaten, while cutworms, weevils, ticks, and plant lice are among the most 
:r u Tn;;zisirSska Thc nest,ings — — * >«■*. 
From Biological Survey 
House Wren (Troglodytes 
aedon aedon) 
Hurrying home to a hungry family 
