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491. Himus polyglottos lencopterus. Western Mockingbird. 



This subspecies is a resident of the entire State with the exception of 

 the extreme eastern section. Waco specimens are intermediate 

 between this and typical polDglottos. 



492. Dumetella carolinensis. Catbird. 



Eastern Texas, south along the coast to the Rio Grande. Vest to Waco 

 and San Antonio. Resident in some of the eastern counties, breeding 

 as far south as Houston (Nehrling). At Waco and San Antonio, mi- 

 grant and irregular winter resident, not common. 



493. Toxostoma rufum. Brown Thrasher. 



Common migrant and winter resident in the extreme eastern section 

 of the State. South to Bexar and Harris counties. Rare winter resi- 

 dent in the vicinity of Waco. 



494. Toxostoma longirostre sennettii. Sennett Thrasher. 



Rio Grande Valley and southern Gulf coast of Texas. (Neuces, Cam- 

 eron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata counties, occasionally along the 

 coast to Galveston [Ridgway.]) 



495. Toxostoma curvirostre. Curve-billed Thrasher. 



Rio Grande Valley of Texas — Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Maver, 

 ick, south Gulf coast (Neuces, San Patricio and Refugio counties) - 

 westward along the Rio Grande through the trans-Pecos region to El 

 Paso. 



496. Toxostoma crissale. Crissal Thrasher. 



Deserts of Western Texas (Fort Hancock, Ysleta, Franklin Mountains 

 El Paso and Brewster counties, etc [Ridgway]). 



FAMILY Troglodytidae. Wrens. 



497. Heleodytes bronneicapillus couesi. Texas Cactus Wren. 



Rio Grande Valley, north to San Antonio, west across the southern 

 plains and trans-Pecos regions. Resident. 



498. Salpinctes obsoletus. Rock Wren. 



Western Texas, east to the central districts (Bexar, Travis, Kendall 

 counties). A common bird in the trans-Pecos region and in the can- 

 yons on the plains. Summer resident, wintering in the Rio Grande 

 Valley and southward. 



499. Catherpes mexicanus albifrons. Giraud's Canyon Wren. 



Recorded from Langtry, Val Verde county, by Oberholser. 



