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BIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 
Rosa August 16, 1906 (Bailey); [several were seen near Gallup, September 30, 1916; 
it was noted near Whitewater Creek, October 1, 1916 (Skinner)]; and one near 
Largo Canyon October 2, 1906 (Bailey). 
In the spring it returned to Carlisle, April 16, 1890 (Barrell); on the Carlsbad 
Bird Reserve it was plentiful, April 27, 1914 (Cooper); and returned to Rinconada 
Map 48. Western Mockingbird 
Shaded areas show main breeding range. Triangles outside of shaded areas 
mark scattered breeding records 
Z 6'T.So U Sn,T-W. W Ve S«“ ““ M ™ toUnd " y “ ~ “ 
in fl N q n S n‘n In thick , bushes ’ hedgerows, vines, thorny trees, or cholla cactus (one 
m a San Diego rural route mail box); bulky, made of twigs- often thorny ones- 
f 1 “J* ' CaVeS ’ hncd . Wl ' h fin , er materials, sometimes gray moss. Eggs: Usually 
4, pale bluish or greenish, heavily freckled with several shades of brown. 
insects a is ani mal matter, but it includes many injurious 
thechtnrhh^ PPCrS ’, Cn ^ S ’ Cater P llIare , beetles, cutworms, cotton worms, 
the chinch bug, rice weevil, and cotton-boll weevil. Its vegetable food, in cultivated 
