218 Lacey, Birds of Kerrville, Texas. [April 



190. Sitta carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. — The bird 

 is not common here, but I have seen it when on hunting trips in November 

 among the post oak trees at the head of Turtle Creek and along the Medina- 

 Guadaloupe divide. 



191. Baeolophus atricristatus sennetti. Sennett's Titmouse. — 

 Quite common resident. 



192. Penthestes carolinensis agilis. Plumbeous Chickadee. — 

 Common resident. This is nearly its extreme southwestern limit. 



193. Auriparus flaviceps. Verdin. — Not seen at Kerrville, but 

 have seen it and its nest close to the line between Kerr and Kimble 

 counties, northwest from Kerrville, where it finds the northern limit of its 

 range. 



194. Regulus satrapa. Golden-crowned Kinglet. — Not common, 

 but occasionally seen in small flocks in winter. 



195. Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet.— Common in 

 winter. Earliest record, October 2. Stays with us until early in May. 

 I never saw this bird in small flocks like satrapa, but always singly or in 

 pairs. 



196. Polioptila caerulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — Common 

 and breeds throughout the county. Earliest date of arrival, March 13; 

 average, March 17. They begin nesting almost as soon as they get here; 

 I have found nests in course of construction on March 30 and with eggs 

 in them as early as April 4. 



197. Myadestes townsendi. Townsend's Solitaire. — A rare bird 

 here as a rule, and I had seen only two or three specimens of it until 1905, 

 when it was quite common at the ranch from January 26 until April 25. 

 This was the first record of their being seen in numbers so far south in 

 Texas. There was a great quantity of cedar mast that year. They ap- 

 peared here again on November 2, 1910, and are fairly common at the 

 time of writing this note, January 25, 1911. There are plenty of cedar 

 berries again this season. 



198. Hylocichla guttata subsp.? Hermit Thrush. — At least two 

 and probably three subspecies of this bird are common here in winter. 



199. Planesticus migratorius. Robin. — Common in winter espe- 

 cially when there are many berries. A few winters ago these birds did 

 good service by picking up the army worms that were destroying the young 

 grain crops. They usually arrive about the first of November and stay 

 until April; latest date, April 21. They sing here all the winter when the 

 weather is mild. 



200. Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — Common and breeds here; nests 

 with eggs early in April; much more numerous in winter than in summer. 



201. Sialia currucoides. Mountain Bluebird. — About three 

 times since I have been living here this bird has been fairly common in the 

 winter, otherwise we never see it : it goes about in larger flocks than sialis 

 does. We are here near the eastern limit of the range of the species in 

 Texas. 



