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BIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 
three places; at Silver City April 8, 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, 
Map 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 
5,800 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, 
and Pleasanton October 17-18, (Goldman); in 1893, Apache, tolerably common, 
