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and Smith commoner than calendula in Kerr Co. Attwater calls it a 

 common migrant at San Antonio. 



68. Regulus c. calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — Common, ex- 

 cept in the arid country around Camp Stanley where it was a surprise to 

 see it at all. 



69. Polioptila c. caerulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — One bird 

 noted January 1 at Hot Wells, south of San Antonio. 



70. Hylocichla guttata subsp.? Hermit Thrush. — Rather com- 

 mon, except at Camp Stanley where it was absent. 



71. Planesticus m. migratorius. Robin. Rather uncommon, 

 except at Medina Dam, where it was abundant in the juniper and 

 bayberry. 



72. Sialia s. sialis. Bluebird. — Not common except at Medina 

 Dam. 



73. Sialia currucoides. Mountain Bluebird. — A species whose 

 appearance in this region was probably due to cold weather. Three birds 

 seen December 17, and a male with sialis December 27, both at Camp 

 Stanley. Lacey recorded it in only three winters in twenty-nine years 

 around Kerrville considerably farther north and west. It is apparently 

 previously unrecorded near San Antonio. 



Amer. Museum Nat. Hist., N. Y. 



THE OCCULT SENSES IN BIRDS. 1 



BY HERBERT H. BECK. 



That animals below man, in the accepted biological line, have 

 retained in efficient form much that has been greatly reduced or 

 nearly lost in the process of developing Nature's master product — 

 the human mind — is a fact of common knowledge. The senses 

 of sight, smell and hearing in man are almost rudimentary when 

 compared with the same senses as developed in the hawk, the setter 

 dog, and the fox. 



It is not so generally recognized, though none the less perhaps a 

 fact, that certain senses widely or selectively a part of animal life, 

 are absolutely gone in man. So thoroughly are these senses atro- 

 phied or lacking in the human mind that man with all his highly 



1 Presented before the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. 



