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59. Myiarchus mexicanus (Kaup.). Mexican Crested Flycatcher. 



A pair of these birds had a nest and eggs near Priour's house. 



60. Contopus borealis (Swains.). Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Two specimens were taken and about half a dozen seen. They 

 were noticed as late as June 8rd. 



61. Contopus vi.rens (Linn.). Wood Pewee. 



Common, and judging from its actions, a frequent breeder about 

 Corpus Christi. 



62. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus (Scl.). Vermilion Flycatcher. 



The eastern limit for the occurrence of this species lies about 

 twenty miles west of Corpus Christi, in a country to all appearances 

 identical with that nearer the town. The Texan Cardinal (Pyi-rhii- 

 loxia), a bird of very different habits, confines itself during the 

 breeding season to exactly the same limits, although it may be found 

 during the winter and up to the first of May, about Corpus Christi.' 



63. Otocoris alpestris giraudi Ilensh. Texan Horned Lark. 



Breeds commonly on the Corpus Christi flats. The song of this 

 species is very deceptive often seeming to come from the ground be- 

 fore you, Avhile in fact the bird is high overhead. 



64. Molothus ater obscurus (Gmel.). Dwarf Cowbird. 



Numerous everywhere. 



66. Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.). Red-wing Blackbird. 



Breeding abundantly in the marshes around Nueces Bay. Owing 

 to the scarcity of water on the uplands this bird was rarely seen 

 there. 



66. Sturnella magna (Linn.)- Meadow Lark. 



Just as I was leaving Corpus Christi, a lark was brought to me in the 

 flesh, which undoubtedly belonged to the eastern race. I was unfor- 



1 As Mr. Chapman has remarked, tiie Texas and Arizona specimens of Pyro- 

 cephalus are smaller than those from farther south and have smaller bills. In point 

 of color there is considerable difference, as is shown in a good series of specimens. 

 I have already called attention (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1890, p. 2()8) to the 

 rosy or pinkish-red hue of Yucatan examples, as contrasted with the vermilion sliade 

 of those from other localities. Indeed, this difference seemed so constant that I 

 was inclined to separate the former as a subspecies ; an examination, however, of 

 the material of the U. S. National Museum, which was kindly loaned to me through 

 Mr. Robert Ridgway, shows that this idea was not supported. In the series of 

 twenty-nine Mexican and Central American specimens now before me, four Yucatan 

 specimens are pink, one is vermilion and one intermediate, while there is a bright 

 pink specimen from Jalapa. Two Honduras birds show patches of orange-yellow 

 on the breast. — W. S. 



