1S92.) AirwATKK. flirth of Sdn Anfoiiio, Texas. 2^7 



Antonio, hut noticed nowlierc else in llie siirrountiinLi; tountrv. Their 

 headquailers appear to he ahout ten miles southwest of the city, wlicre 

 I fouiui them common and nestiiiij;. They must ariive \ii\y early, as they 

 were ohserved the first week in Fehriiary antl I took a nest with three 

 ecrgs ready to hatch on April 15, iSSy. It was |)laeeii on the horizontal 

 limb 'of a mesqnite tree, seven feet from the yrounti, and was simihir in 

 appearance to the nest of the Wood Pewee. The parliculai- loealily in 

 which they are found is ap|)ai'ently similar to hiindreils of scpiare miles of 

 the adjacent rei^ion, Init I have never met with them in any otiier place. 



104. Otocoris alpestris praticola. Praikik Mornku Lark. — Common 

 winter resident. 



105. Molothrus ater. Covvhird. — Ahiiiulant migrant and common win- 

 ter resident. Wishini^ to settle the point, as far as this locality was 

 concerned, as to whether any examples of true ater remainetl to breed, I 

 selected three specimens which I have leason to think were breedin<j 

 birds and sent them to Dr. Merriam, with the following residt : No. i, 

 J, May 2, marked intermediate; No. 2, ,^ , May 8, intermediate lint 

 nearer M. ater\ No. 3, $ , May 9, typical M. ater. 



I have IVeqnently found Cowbirds' eggs as large as those taken in the 

 North. 



io6. Molothrus ater obscurus. Dwarf Cowuird — Ahuiulant resident. 

 The nest of Bell's Vireo is usually selectetl to deposit theii- eggs in, it 

 being a rare occurrence to fiml a Hell's Vireo's nest that does not contain 

 one or more Dwarf Cowbird's eggs. In one case a nest of this Viieo in a 

 thorn bush contained four Cowbird's eggs, with three others lying on the 

 ground three feet below. 



107. Callothrus robustus. Bronzed Cowuird. Rare summer resident. 

 Several of these birds were noticed around some of the stock yards in the 

 city, but I coidd not shoot at them ; consequently I was much pleased to 

 obtain a nest of Bullock's Oriole near one of the yards, which, in aiidition 

 to five eggs belonging to the Oriole, also contained one of this species. 

 The egg was sent to Washington and fully identified. 



loS. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackiurd. 

 — Common migrant. 



109. Agelaius phceniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — Abundant mi- 

 grant, and common winter and summer resident. Although it is not as 

 numerous in summer as in winter, a few remain to breed. 



no. Sturnella magna. Meadowlark. — Rare summer resident. I have 

 no records of this bird in the migrations, nor have I ever observed it in 

 winter. After all the Western Larks have gone north in the spring, I find a 

 few Eastern Larks breeding in some hay meadows a few miles west of the 

 city. 



III. Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadowlark. —Abun- 

 dant migrant, and common winter resident. In the spring thev commit 

 great depredations in the corn fields, pulling up the voung corn. A 

 great many are destroyed at this time by scattering poisoned grain over 

 the fields. 



