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not a member of the fauna of this region. That it has become so 

 since is easily accounted for by the facts already stated regarding 

 the physical changes that have overspread the country in recent 

 times. I found the Texas Sparrow thoroughly at home in the 

 Corpus Christi and San Patricio chaparral, and secured their nests 

 and fully fledged young.^ 



77. Cardinalis cardinalis canicaudus Chapm. Gray-tailed Cardinal. 



I secured a series of fourteen specimens of this newly described 

 race, including seven females and five males." 



78. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Bonap. Texan Cardinal. 



Though common in the vicinity of the town during winter and 

 early spring this species retires twenty miles westward to breed. 



79. Fasserina ciris (Linn.). Painfed Bunting. 



Breeding abundantly everywhere. 



80. Piranga rubra (Linn.). Summer Tanager. 



Not found at Corpus Christi but several were observed in the 

 heavy chaparral twenty miles west of it; also seen along the upper 

 Nueces. 



*81. Progne subis (Liun.). Purple Martin, 



Common in the vicinity of towns. 

 82. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say). Cliff Swallow. 



Plentiful, in flocks. 

 *83. Chelidon erythrogaster (Bodd.). Bam Swallow. 



Common. Breeding. 



84. Clivicola riparia (Linn.). Bank Swallow. 



Very abundant. 

 *85. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.). Rough-winged Swallow. 



Observed a few with the preceding species. 

 *86. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (Swains.). White-rumped Shrike. 



Scarce. 



} The young have the feathers of the head and interscapulum centered with 

 black and bordered with ochraceous. Beneath, the breast and flanks are tinged w ith 

 olivaceous and are marked with dark longitudinal markings; belly yellowish- 

 white.— W. S. 



* Two young females have the bills entirely black, as is the tendency in the 

 young in this genus. There is a female specimen in the Academy's Collection 

 which agrees exactly with Mr. Rhoads" birds and which was collected by Captain 

 McCown at " Ringgold Barracks, Texas " in 1857. — W. S. 



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