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it must breed earlier. In fall (September) the eastern migrants are abun- 

 dant for a week in Concho County; not detected in Tom Green County. 



115. Trochilus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummingbird — Abundant 

 summer visitor. Males arrive April 1 ; common April 7. Seen in flocks 

 during the fall migration (September 21 to 28). Raise two broods. Nests 

 found from May 12 to July 2. 



Mr Nathan C. Browne first added this species to the Texas avi-fauna ; 

 he found it at Boerne, and surmised that it bred to the north of that place, 

 so its range is thus much extended beyond its previously known habitat, 

 1. e., •Pacific coast region, from California east to Arizona, and Utah, 

 and southward." 



116. Milvulus forficatus. SciSSOR-TAlLED Flycatcher. — Abundant 

 summer visitor. Earliest arrival March 14; not common until ten days 

 later. Departs, main body, about October 20 ; a few linger till the first 

 severe norther. Breeds commonly on prairies in mesquit thickets, but 

 often in high pecans. First nest May 6, clutch 5; latest July 16, clutch 5. 

 In ten nests examined only one clutch was 4. 



117. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Fall visitant. Two recorded in 

 fall of 1SS6. 



118. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. — Spring migrant. I 

 noted a pair June 1, 1885, in Tom Green County, which had evidently 

 stayed to breed. 



119. Myiarchus crinitus. Great-crested Flycatcher. — Summer 

 visitant. Arrives May 31 (probably before) ; breeds. Nest found in a 

 hole in a mesquit, June 8, 1884; d\c eggs. Very abundant migrant dur- 

 ing September. 



120. Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher.— Abun- 

 dant summer visitor. Arrives the day after or same day as the Scissor- 

 tailed Flycatcher, i. c, after the first cloudy weather in middle of March. 

 Departs a month before the Scissor-tail, but one or two linger for a fort- 

 night after the bulk go. Last seen October 7. Breeds in holes of trees — 

 generally in old Texas Sapsucker holes — and clutches range from 4 to 7 ; 

 ordinary clutch 6. First clutch found May 9; last, June 9. 



121. Sayornis phcebe. Pikt.be. — Resident; rare in summer and winter ; 

 common in fall. Nests on rocky ledges in caves; clutch 4 to 6. First 

 nest found April 4; last, May 4. Does not winter in Tom Green County. 



122. Sayornis saya. Say's Phcebe. — Tolerably common winter resi- 

 dent. First arrival, October 10; departs April 13. Ranges east as far as 

 the Colorado River, Texas. 



123. Sayornis nigricans. Black Phcebe. — Rare summer visitor. 

 Found only in Tom Green County, on Spring Creek. Arrives end of 

 March. Breeds April 4; one clutch found, 6 eggs; nest on a ledge. 



124. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — Fall migrant; 

 tolerably common in September. Not observed in spring. 



I2<;. Contopus virens. WoodPewee. — Summer visitor. Not observed 

 until May 5 ; last seen October 21. Tolerably common on South Concho, 

 in Tom Green County, where it breeds. No nests were found, but young 



