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ly. It lives on grasshoppers when it can procure them, and in winter, 

 when the weather is severe, takes to carrion. I found one in January, 

 1SS4, so gorged from feeding on a dead sheep that it could not fly. In the 

 Davis Mountains it lives in winter on large coleoptera. In spring it occa- 

 sionally kills birds. I have seen Sfizella socialis arizonce, Vireo belli, 

 Polioptila ccerulea, and others, amongst its victims, and in summer it has 

 a fancy for nestlings. It is usually very tame. 



197. Vireo olivaceus. Red-eyed Vireo. — Abundant summer visitor 

 in Tom Green County. Only noted during the fall migration in Concho 

 County. Arrives April 11, after the Black-capped Vireo and on the same 

 day as Bell's. Comes in pairs ; nest found May 6, 1885, with six eggs. A 

 pleasing songster. 



19S. Vireo gilvus. Warbling Vireo. — Rare spring migrant. Not 

 noted in Concho County. 



199. Vireo atricapillus. Black-capped Vireo. — Tolerably common 

 in Concho County, during the fall migration. Breeds in two localities 

 in Tom Green County. The males arrive April 6, the females the 7th. 

 Though silent on arrival, by the 10th the famous song of the male is 

 heard, and is continued through the summer until the middle of August. 

 The song is loud, clear, and very musical, and the singer generally selects 

 some blasted pecan stump for the site of his vocal efforts. The female has 

 also a song, sweet, but not particularly noticeable. This joyous habit led 

 me to look for the vocalist, April 28, 1SS5, and I soon discovered him sit- 

 ting on a nest just completed. I found three other nests in the same way. 

 The nest was always in some low tree at the edge of thick shrubbery, anil 

 is at once distinguishable from that of Bell's Vireo, which breeds in the 

 same vicinity, in that the latter is lined with wool, while the Black-cap's 

 is not. The eggs are pale white, as stated by Dr. Cones and others, and 

 a full clutch is 4-5. Leaves Tom Green County altogether from August 

 20 to 25, but lingers in Concho County until the last week in September. 

 This record fills part of the gap between Mr. Nathan C. Brown's record 

 at Boerne, Mr. Ragsdale's in Cook County, and Col. Goss's in Kansas. 



200. Vireo noveboracensis. White-eyed Vireo. — Fall migrant. 

 Two secured in Concho County, October, 1SS6. The eyes were pink in 

 the specimens shot. 



201. Vireo belli. Bell's Vireo. — Abundant summer visitant. Ar- 

 rives about the same day as the Red-eyed Vireo, and stays until the mid- 

 dle of September. Raises two broods. Nests found May 6 to July 6. 

 Average clutch, six. One nest found May 8, 18S4, had eight eggs. A 

 tireless songster, but there are so many fine singers in this district that it 

 does not attract much attention. 



202. Mniotilta varia. Black-and-white Warbler. — Common during 

 migrations. Arrives April 12-13; departs September 12-14. I believe 

 some breed, as I have seen them in June, but as they frequent the main 

 stream, it would be only by chance that their nest could be found. 



203. Helminthophila ruficapilla gutturalis. Calaveras Warbler. — 

 This western representative of the Nashville Warbler is abundant in fall, 



