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Attwater, Birds of Sau Antonio, Texas. [July 



12, more than two weeks after the last liad left in 1S90, and very few were 

 observed. 



The case, however, is dillerent with the summer residents. Wet or dry, 

 cold or hot, thev appear each j'car, with surprising regularity, almost to 

 a day. Among the best timekeepers should be mentioned the Oi'chard 

 Oriole, Bell's Vireo anil the Painted Bunting, but not one of them can 

 compare with the daring, rollicking, noisy, fighling Scissor-tail Fly- 

 catcher. You may count on seeing him first on the Jolh of March, and 

 within a liay or two he is everywhei-e, quarreling with the Mockingbirds, 

 who seem to take deliglU in annoying him, by imitating not only his 

 notes but his actions. The following record of the first appearance of the 

 Scissor-tail is copied from my note book: 18S5, March 19; 1889, March 

 20; 1890, March 20; 1891, March 21. 



91 Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Rare migrant. 



92. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansa.s Kingbird. — Rare migrant. April 

 30, 1890, is the only record for this bird, but I have observed birds at a 

 distance, which I took to be this species, but which 1 was unable to 

 procure. 



93. Myiarchus crinitus. Crestkd Flycatciii<:r. — Common mi- 

 grant : a few remain to breed. 



94. Myiarchus cincrascens. A.sii-tiiroated Flvcatcher — Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



In the notes I sent to Prof. \V. VV. Cooke, when he was preparing his 

 report on 'Biid Migration in the Mississippi Valley.' 18S4 and 1885, I gave 

 the Mexican Crested Flycatchei- {Myiarchns iiiexicantis) as a summer 

 resident at San Antonio. This was a mistake. The Mexican Crested 

 Flycatcher does not occur anywhere in the vicinity of this place. The 

 error occurred through my not sending my birds to Professor Cooke for 

 examination, and was the fault of those who undertook to identify them. 



95. Sayornis phcebe. Pihebe. Common winter resident, and abun- 

 dant during migration. I also found them nesting in the caves along the 

 mountain streams in the hilly country west of San Antonio. 



96. Sayornis saya. Say'.s Phcebe. Rare migrant. 



97. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. Rare migrant. 



98. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. — Common migrant and rare 

 summer resident. 



99. Contopus richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee. — Common 

 migrant. 



100. Empidonax flaviventris. Yeixovv-bellied Flycatcher. — 

 Rare inigrant. 



loi. Empidonax acadicus. Acadian Fly'CATCher — Common mi- 

 grant, and summer resident. 



102. Empidonax minimus Least Flycatcher. — Common migrant, 

 much more numerous among the hills than south of San Antonio. I 

 have never found E. f. traillii in this region, though I have looked care- 

 fully for it, and if it occurs it must be a raie biid. 



103. Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. 

 -^Common summer resident in a locality south and southwest of San 



