692 imiDS OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. 



rare at Boerne. I did uot see it at Corpus Oliristi or Beeville, nor is it 

 ia Hancock's list. Dresser " often noticed it on tbe Medina and San 

 Antonio Eivers." 



Family PAEID.E. Nuthatches and Tits. 

 Geuus SITTA Linn.eus. 



264. Sitta carolinenais Lath. Whito-broasteil Nuthatch. 



Dresser states that he saw this bird often on the Medina River late 

 in April and early in May. None of the other observers seem to have 

 met with it. 



265. Sitta canadensis Linn. Rod-breasted Nuthatch. 



On December 19, the day after my arrival at San Antonio, I saw one 

 of these birds in San Pedro Park, but did not again see any until Jan- 

 uary 18, when a female was seen and secured. Single individuals were 

 noted twice afterwards at San Antonio, March 2 and 25, and on March 21, 

 at Leon Springs, I secured a tine male, and saw another. This record 

 is, 1 believe, unique for this section. 



Geuus PARUS LiNNiEUS. 



266. Parus bicolor Linn. Tufted Titmouse. 



At San Antonio I found this Tit quite common, apparently more so 

 than F. atricristatiis. The two birds were generally found together. 

 At Leon Springs I saw but one, while the black-crested species was 

 abundant. Dresser did not find it at San Antonio, but shot one on the 

 Medina lliver. BrovAii did not see it in Kendall County, nor did I meet 

 with it at Corpus Christi or Beeville. 



267. Parus bicolor texensis Sennett. Texan Tufted Tituiouse. 



I expected to find this new race at Beeville, as the type specimens 

 were secured by Mr. John M. Priour, on the Aransas Kiver, about 15 

 miles southeast of this place, but it was not my luck to meet with it. 

 (FwZe Auk, IV, pp. 29, 30.) 



268. Parus atricristatus Cass. Black-crested Titmouse. 



Of the large series of this species, wMch was obtained at San Anto- 

 nio, Leon Springs, and Beeville, there are six or eight specimens which 

 have the frontlet distinctly chestnut, but without an opportunity of 

 comparing them with typical examples of castaneift'ons it is thought 

 best to call all of them atricristatus. There is one specimen, taken at 

 Leon Springs, which has the upper parts, including the crest, heavily 

 washed with brown, and three others where the black of the crest ex- 

 tends some distance on the occiput. At San Antonio I found it a com- 

 mon bird, but not so numerous as P. bicolor, with which it generally 

 associated, but at Leon Springs ic was very abundant. During the 

 short time I was there twenty-four specimens were secured without any 



