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limit of the range of the species. Earliest spring record, April 24; latest, 

 June 6. Earliest autumn record, August 30; latest, September 22. It is 

 a very silent bird here and although seen as late as June 6, I do not think 

 it has bred here, at least not near the ranch. 



97. Myiarchus crinitus. Chested Flycatcher. — Fairly common 

 in spring and probably breeds. 



98. Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. — Fairly 

 common breeder. 



99. Sayornis phoebe. Phcebe. — Common in winter and several 

 pairs usually breed in the bluffs along the creeks. We are close to the 

 extreme southwestern breeding range of the species in Texas. 



100. Sayornis sayus. Say's Pikebe. — Not common; 1 have only 

 seven records for it: February 26, March 5, April 7, 13 and 20, and 

 December 11 and 25. 



101. Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — Only one 



record. August 10, 1903. 



102. Myiochanes virens. Wood Pewee. — Common breeder; earli- 

 est spring record, April 9; next earliest, April 14; average, April 20. 



103. Empidonax virescens. Acadian Flycatcher. — Not very 

 common, but breeds regularly near the ranch. Karliest spring record, 

 April 12; next earliest, April 21 ; average, April 30. Nests on a horizon- 

 tal fork of a small branch, a rather neat little saucer-shaped arrange- 

 ment; one can often see the eggs through the bottom of it. 



104. Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. 



— I saw a pair of these birds and their nest at a neighbor's house on Turtle 

 Creek on June 8, 1903, and was told that they had already raised one brood 

 that year. They were building again in the same live-oak tree on April 14, 

 1904. The male bird has a nice little song and sometimes sings when on 

 the wing. This is the most northern breeding record for Texas. 



105. Otocoris alpestris leucolsema. Desert Horned Lake. — 

 I have sometimes seen Horned Larks on an open piece of ground just below 

 Kerrville on the (iuadaloupe. They are probably not uncommon along 

 the river valley. 



106. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. — Several flocks of Blue Jays 

 visited us in January and February, 1887. Again in October and Novem- 

 ber, 1896, they were quite common and remained that winter until as late 

 as April 25, 1897. I have never seen the bird here except on those two 

 occasions. 



107. Aphelocoma texana. Texas Jay. — The type of this species 

 is a bird I sent to Mr. Attwater, killed at the head of the Nueces River 

 when I was deer hunting. These birds are fairly common on the rough 

 hilly land west of Kerrville and breed at the ranch : they nest late in March 

 and early in April and lay 3 to 5 eggs, usually 4. 



108. Corvus cryptoleucus. White-necked Raven. — Formerly 

 very common in Kerr County but now quite a rarity. I have counted as 

 many as fifteen at the carcass of a deer that I had killed the day before. 



