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ially on the main streams. I noted a male, evidently a straggler, April 

 6. The ordinary date of arrival is April 15 to 20, the birds becoming 

 common about April 24. The females are very retiring- The males are 

 seen with the family as late as September 30. Breeds on the top branches 

 of the mesquit. Nest similar to that of the last ; both elaborately woven 

 out of horse-hair and lined with wool. A sprig of mistletoe is generally 

 woven into one side of the nest. Clutches found May 15, two; May 16, 

 six; May 28, five, and June 1, six. In all except two the clutch was six, 

 the others having respectively five and four. 



146. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird. — Fall 

 migrant, wintering occasionally in Tom Green County. Abundant in 

 winter further south, in the Neuces Canon. 



147. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus. Bronzed Grackle. — Abundant 

 spring and fall migrant. Some specimens can hardly be separated from 

 eastern ones. A few winter in Tom Green County. 



14S. Carpodacus purpureus. Purple Finch.— One specimen, shot by 

 Mr. Loomis, October 20, 18S6. 



149. Spinus tristis. American Goldfinch. — Common in fall, arriv- 

 ing middle of August. 



150. Spinus psaltria. Arkansas *Goldfinch. — Rare fall migrant. 

 Taken on South Concho, end of August. 



151. Rhyncophanes mccownii. McCown's Longspur. — Abundant 

 winter visitor. Arrives November 5, leaves in March. 



152. Poocaetes gramineus. Vesper Sparrow. — Tolerably common 

 in fall, in eastern part of Concho County. 



153. Poocaetes gramineus confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. — 

 Resident. Tolerably common in winter in old cane fields. Nearly all 

 leave in spring, but are probably common in the western half of Tom 

 Green County. Nest found on the Plains May 16, 1885, with four eggs. 

 In fall, in flocks on the Plains; in winter in pairs. 



154. Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus. Western Savanna 

 Sparrow. — Resident. Tolerably common. No nest identified with cer- 

 tainty. Found near cultivated fields, and in marshy or boggy land. 



155. Ammodramus bairdii. Baird's Sparrow. — Rare fall visitor, shot 

 in cane fields. Winters abundantly west of Tom Green County. 



156. Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus. Western Grasshop- 

 per Sparrow. — Resident. Tolerably common in Concho County in 

 fall : at other times rare. Two nests found at the edge of the Plains in 

 Tom Green County; one May 17, 1885, with four eggs ; the other May 

 22, 1885, four eggs. 



157. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. Western Lark Finch. — 

 Abundant summer visitor. Arrives in flocks March 24, earliest noted ; 

 departs October S. Migrants pass through from October 25 to November 

 5. Breeds April 26 to June 5. Raises two broods. Clutch 4-5. Nest in 

 bushes or on the ground. 



15S. Zonotrichia querula. Harris's Sparrow. — Rare fall migrant in 

 eastern Concho County. 



