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Docombcr, Jauuaiy, Febiuiiry, and jMaiclj, which were uot met with by 

 Dresser: 



Ceryle cabanisi. 

 Trochilus alexamlri. 

 Cyanocitta cristata lloiiiicola. 

 Quiscalus quiscula aniens. 

 Aiimiodramus leconteii. 

 Zouotrichia loucophryw- 

 Zonotrichia albicollis. 

 Juiico iiyeraalis sliufildti. 

 Aurii>arus flaviceps. 



Melospiza fasciatu. 

 Passerella iliaca. 

 Pipilo clilonirus. 

 Molotbrus atcr obsciirus. 

 Viieo llavifroiis. 

 Ilarporbyncbus rufiis. 

 Trogloilptes aijdoii parkiiiauuii. 

 Sitta canadensis. 



The following twelve species, occurring- during the months of Decem- 

 ber, January, February, and March, were found by Dresser, but were 

 uot seen by me at all : 



Trocbihis coliibris. 



Sayoruis saya. 



Contopus boiealis. 



Corvus corax sinuatus. 



Calcarius ornatus. I Clivicobi riparia 



Rbyucliopbaucs uiccownii. ! Sialia arctica. 



Zonotricbia intoriucdia. 

 Cabamospiza mebanoeorys. 

 Petrocbelidon lunifrons. 

 Cbelidou erytbrogaster. 



On account of Ihe difticulty of collecting water-birds, and birds of 

 prey, I made no special effort to get any of theu), hence those contained 

 in Dresser's paper are not included in the above list. 



Of the birds in this list, it is not surprising, for reasons elsewhere 

 stated, that I overlooked Trochilus coluhris, the three species of swal- 

 lows, and Corvus corax siiuiatus, but, as I ransacked the immediate 

 neighborhood of San Antonio, it is strange that the other seven species 

 were not met with. 



Beeville, where I collected from February 12 to February 18, iuclu- 

 siv^e, is the county seat of Uee County, and is the metropolis of a rich 

 and immense grazing district. It is on the San Antonio and Aransas 

 Pass Eailway, between San Antonio and Corpus Christi, about 100 

 miles south-southeast of the former place and about GO miles north- 

 northwest of Corpus Christi. With the exception of the unusual scar- 

 city of water the country seemed well adapted to bird life. There were 

 a good many scattered groves of live oak and hackberry trees, and the 

 omnipresent mesquite, at this distance from the coast, had become de- 

 cidedly arborescent. At the time of my visit, notwithstanding the 

 great drought, all of the vegetation looked fresh and spring-like ; the 

 young leaves were putting forth very rapidly and the huisache and 

 several other plants were in bloom. A great deal of this unexpected 

 plant-vigor was to be ascribed to the remarkably heavy dews, which, 

 while not as heavy as at Corpus Christi and other points on the coast, 

 arc of inestimable benefit in the general absence of rain. Although 

 there had been no rain there since September, the grass, wherever it 

 had been burnt over, w^as as fresh and green as on a Kentucky "blue- 

 grass " farm in May. 



