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183. Dendroica blackburniae. Blackhurnian Warbler. — Rare mi- 

 grant. 



184. Dendroica dominica albilora. Sycamore Warbler. — Common 

 migrant, and rare summer resident. On May 22, 1S89, I sliot a female 

 which was picking up nest material. I have observed them on several 

 occasions in the month of June, in the sandy, black oak region, and I 

 shot a male singing on June 7, 1891. I have no doubt I shall find their 

 nests. 



185. Dendroica chrysoparia. Golden-cheeked Warbler. — The 

 nearest point to San Antonio that I have observed this bird, is about 

 twenty miles west of the city. I have also taken them in Medina, Ban- 

 dera, Kerr, Kendall, and Comal Counties. They are nowhere abundant, 

 and only to be met with in the thickest cedar brakes, and as these are fast 

 being cut and burnt out, the bird will no doubt become still more rare. 

 They breed in all the counties I have named, as I have observed them 

 feeding young birds at localities in all of them, but I was too late to get 

 eggs both in 1890 and 1891. I can give no account of the migration of 

 this species; the nearest approach to a migratory movement that I 

 have observed was on May 13, 1891, when I obtained a male, ten miles 

 from thick cedar, in company with Redstarts, Blue-headed Vireos, and 

 a Wilson's Warbler. (The migration of birds in 1S91 was unusually late.) 

 In 1889 I obtained them in the middle of April 



Upon examining the stomachs of a number of young birds which were 

 being fed, I found they all contained (with other insects), a number of 

 small black lice (^Afhis sp.) which I watched the old birds collecting 

 from the green cedar limbs. 



The adult female must be an extremely shy bird, as I have met with it 

 only when feeding its young. The actions of the male Golden-cheeked 

 Warbler are similar to those of most Warblers, flying from tree to tree in 

 search of insects, and at short intervals uttering its note, which when 

 once heard is not easily forgotten, nor easily described. It consists of four 

 parts, and is unlike any other Warbler's note I have heard. In addition 

 to this there is the usual alarm note common to so many other Warblers 

 and small birds. 



Breeding in the same localities with the Golden-cheeked Warblers I 

 found Rock Sparrows, Black-capped Vireos, and Mexican Goldfinches. 



186. Dendroica virens. Black-throated Green Warbler — Com- 

 mon migrant. 



187. Dendroica vigorsii. Pine Warbler. — Rare migrant. Only two 

 specimens noticed, both in 1890, a female Feb. 8, shot in a huisache tree, 

 and a male on March 10 in a willow tree close to the river. 



188. Seiurus aurocapillus. Ovenbird. — Common migrant. Abundant 

 in 1890. 



189. Seiurus noveboracensis. Water-thrush. — Common migrant. 



190. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis. Grinnell's Water-thrush. 

 — Rare migrant. Only one specimen recorded, a male, shot May 17, 1889, 

 fifteen miles south of San Antonio. 



