The occurrence of this large and handsome bird within our borders is so rare that little is known of its habits.
NEST: a large thick-walled structure roofed with lateral entrance, in trees near ground.
EGGS: 4 or 5; creamy white sparingly spotted with dark brown.
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
A tree up to 80 feet high, distributed on banks of streams in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.