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BIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 
three places; at Silver City April S, 1885 (Marsh), and early in May, 1906 (Bailey); 
and near Chloride, 6,200 feet, June 1, 1913 (Ligon). (In 1917 it was found in ‘‘agar,” 
or cane, cactus in which it generally nests—a nest with almost fresh eggs at 7,000 feet 
on Alma Mesa, 15 miles northwest of Alma; four fresh eggs June 9, near Chloride; five 
fresh eggs June 30, on Penasco River about 40 miles west of Artesia; May 18, and 
May 26, each four fresh eggs, near Fair View, at 6,300 feet. In the Cuchillo Hills, 
Mai* 49. Curve-billed Thrasher 
Shaded areas show general range. Triangles mark breeding and yearlong 
records 
northeast of Fair View, a nest with three well incubated eggs was found August 4, 
1919. It was observed May 6-10, 1920, throughout the Animas Mountains and 
Burro Mountains, where nests with 1 to 4 fresh eggs were found (Ligon).] 
After the breeding season it has been recorded, in 1908, from Animas Peak at 
6,800 feet, August 5-8 (Birdseye); Adobe Ranch, July 27, and the upper end of 
Mangos Valley to 5,600 feet September 15-23; Cactus Flat, common October 13-14, 
«uu eusanton October 17-18, (Goldman); in 1893, Apache, tolerably common, 
