1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 681 



207. Passeiina ciris (Lixn.). Painted Bunting. 



The " N^onpareil," or Painted Bunting is not known by either of these 

 names in southwestern Texas, but the "Mexican Canary" is every- 

 where a well-known favorite. Whenever a native discovers that you 

 are interested in birds, this is the first one he tells you about, and seems 

 disappointed to find that you are not surprised, and that it is not new 

 to science. 



None had arrived at San Antonio up to the time I left there, March 

 29, but Dresser records it as a very common summer resident there. 



Genus SPIZA Bonaparte. 



208. Spiza americana (Gmel.). Dickcissel. 



" Early in May I found numbers of these birds in the mesquite thick- 

 ets near the San Antonio and Medina Eivers, and as I found them 

 equally numerous in July, I may safely infer that they breed there " 



(Dresser). 



Genus CALAMOSPIZA Bonaparth. 



209. Calaniospiza naelanocorys Stejn. Lark Bunting. 



I found this bird at Corpus Christi during my stay there — January 

 21 to February 12 — but it is probable that only one flock was seen, 

 as the birds were always in the same place — in some chaparral and 

 cactus on the outskirts of the town. This flock contained perhaps a 

 hundred individuals, the birds being exceedingly wary, it being almost 

 impossible to get within range of them. All were in winter jjlumage. 

 Hancock does not mention the species in his paper, but Sennett noted 

 them at Corpus Christi as late as March 22, in flocks of thirty or forty. 

 1 did not see it at any other idace. Brown saw but one individual at 

 Boerne, March 14. " Common near San Antonio during the winter. 



* * * in July (at Howard's rancho, on the Medina) I succeeded in 

 shooting one in the full summer plumage" (Dresser). 



Family TANAGEIDJ^:. Tanagers. 



Genus PIRANGA Vieillot. 



210. Piranga erythromelas (Yieill.). Scarlet Tanager. 



Dresser mentions two instances of the occurrence of this brilliant 

 Tanager near San Antonio — the only record of its being found in south- 

 western Texas that I am aware of. 



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



This bird, according to Dresser, is common during the summer at 

 San Antonio, arriving there about the middle of April. Brown took 

 one specimen at Boerne early in April, and Hancock notes its arrival at 

 Corpus Christi April 7. 



