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They were so heavy that upon two occasions I could hardly couviuce 

 myself that it had not rained during the night. A iiromineut pliysi- 

 ciau of the town, who has a very large house covered by a metallic 

 roof, informed me that the nightly condensation of vapor on the roof 

 was sufficient to supply his family with drinking water. 



Dr. Havard, in the paper previously referred to, says of the tlora 

 about Corpus Christi (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, p. 485) : 



"The vicinity of the sea does not appear to have any favorable in- 

 fluence on either rhc nature or vigor of the vegetation. From the 

 mouth of the, Eio Grantle to Corpus Christi the coast is low, mostly 

 bare, and unattractive. The trees or arborescent shrubs seen at the 

 above town are Mesquite, mostly shrubb}^ extending to the very edge 

 of the bay, Huisacho and Eetama, both of large size and much cul- 

 tivated, Ebony' [Acacia JlexlcauUs), Black Willow, Ilackberry, Texas 

 Persimmon. These trees, or some of them, with the addition of the 

 Green Ash, the Water Elm {Ulmus crassifolia), Anaqua [Ehrctia ellip- 

 tica) and Xacahuite (Cordia Boisskri) are seen in thin fringes in many 

 drains, arroyos, and creeks opening into the sea. 



"Of the trees or shrubs introduced at Corp us Christi, the Tamarisk, 

 3 feet in diameter, China Tree (Melia), lied Mulberry, Osage Orange, 

 and Oleander are quite thrifty. 



"The scrubby chaparral, extending from the shore inward for several 

 miles, consists mostly of Mezquit, Granjeno, Texas Persimmon, Junco, 

 Coyotillo (KarwinsJcia), Acacia amentacca and Jlexicaulis, Gondalia oho- 

 vafa, Castcla Nicholsoni, Xantlioxylum rterofa, Lippia lycioides, Berheriti 

 trifoliata, Lantana' Gamara, and Aster Falmeri. 



" The vines are Anredera scandens, Vitis incisa, Serjania brachycarpa, 

 Maximoiv iczia Lindheimeri. 



"Of Grasses, the most comuion are Bermuda Grass {Gynodon Dae- 

 tylon), ArisUda piwpurea, Bouteloua Texana, Eragrostis rejHans, and 

 Eleusine ^Egyptica. 



The following is a list of the birds found there, compiled from the 

 papers of Sennett and Hancock, and from my own observations: 



