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5. Sialia arctica, Szi'a/'fis. Rocky Mountain Bluebird. — Abun- 

 dant winter visitor. Generally in dull plumage. 



6. Polioptila caerulea (JLi//n.) Scl. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — 

 Apparently a common summer resident. Arrived March 8. 



7. Reguhis calendula (^Linn.^ Licht. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — 

 Abundant up to the last week in March. 



S. Regulus satrapa, Lichi. Golden-crested Kinglet. — Not com- 

 mon. Last seen about March 22. 



9. Lophophanes atrocristatus, Cassi>i. Black-crested Tit. — 

 Very abundant resident. 



10. Parus carolinensis, ^«^. Carolina Chickadee. — Uncommon 

 during my stay. Usually seen in pairs. 



11. Certhia familiaris rufa {Bartr.) Ridg. Brown Creeper. — 

 Rare. Onl3' two individuals observed : one Jan. 16, the other Jan. 29. 



12. Salpinctes obsoletus {Say) Cab. Rock Wren. — I obtained a 

 single female on March 4, in a canon of the Cibalo Creek. It was very 

 shy and was secured with difficulty. 



13. Catherpes luexicanus conspersus, Ridg. White-throated 

 Wren. — About three pairs were resident in the canon above referred to. 

 They lurked almost constantly in the interstices of the rocks, and had it 

 not been for their delightful song would many times have entirely escaped 

 observation. 



14. Thryothorus ludovicianus {Gm.) Bp. Carolina Wren. — 

 Uncommon resident. 



15. Thryomanes bewicki leucogaster, Baird. Texan Bewick's 

 Wren. — Very common resident. Sang throughout the winter. 



i6. Anthus ludovicianus {Gm.) Lickt. Titlark. — Abundant win- 

 ter visitor. Became uncommon towards the last of March. 



17. Neocorys spraguei {And.) Scl. Missouri Skylark. — Mr. 

 Sennett having detected this species at Galveston,* it was, of course, to 

 have been expected in the present locality. Since, however, I observed 

 no examples until the i6th of March, it is to be inferred that the bird's 

 winter habitat lies much farther to the south than has been supposed. I 

 met with specimens up to within a few days of my departure, but never in 

 abundance and, I believe, all upon one "flat" containing about twenty 

 acres. 



While according to Dr. Couesf the manners and habits of this bird and 

 the Titlai-k agree so closely during the breeding season, they were quite 

 unlike at the time of my own observations. At Boerne the flight of the 

 Skylark was peculiarly characteristic, being made slowly, at a height of 

 but a few inches from the ground and with the regular, undulating move- 

 ment of the Goldfinch. When several birds were associated together — 

 as was usuall}' the case — they were invariably much scattered about upon 

 the ground, and in flight never closed ranks sufficiently to form anything 



* See Orn. Lower Rio Grande, Bull. U. S. Gaol. Surv., IV, No. i, 1878, p. 10. 

 t Birds Dak. and Mont., Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, No. 3, 1878, p. 561. 



