42 Brown's Reconnoissatice in Soiith-ucestern Texas. 



flesh-colored legs and feet —those of the female being tinged with green- 

 ish-jellow. So far as mv own experience goes, this is a peculiarity never 

 seen in eastern Snipe, in which the legs and feet are olivaceous. 



91. Actodromas maculata {Vieiil.) Cones. Grass-bird. — One 

 specimen, March 21. 



92. Actodromas bairdi, Cones. Baird's Sandpiper. — One specimen, 

 March 16. A Sandpiper seen on Feb. iS, and two small tlocks seen in 

 March were also probably of this species. 



93. Totanus melanoleucus {Gm.) Vieiil. Great Yellow-legs. — 

 One seen. Jan. i ; three others observed in the last week of March. 



94. Rhyacophilus solitarius {JVHj.) Cass. Solitary Sandpiper. — 

 One specimen, March 25. 



95. Bartramia longicauda (BecksL) Bp. Upland Plover. First 

 seen on March 22. and but few noted subsequently. 



96. Niinienius longirostris, Wils. Sickle-billed Curlew. — Two 

 observed, Dec. 21. 



97. :.^umenius borealis {Forst.) Lath. EsquiMAux Curlew. — 

 Rather common migrant, lirst seen on March 9. 



98. Grus canadensis {Li7i7i.) Tetntn. Sandhill Crane. — Solitary 

 individuals occasionally noted. 



99. Anas obscura, Gtn. Black Duck. — Small flocks rather infre" 

 quently found in the creek. 



100. Chaulelasniiis streperus (Z/V;«.) Gray Gadwall. — I did not 

 detect this species until March 25, after which I found it uncommonly. 



loi. Nettion carolinensis (Gm.) Ed. Green-winged Teal. — 

 Rare. First seen Feb. 6. , 



102. Fulix coUaris (Dof/ov.) Bd. Ring-billed Black-head. — One 

 of three shot, Feb. 27. 



103. Mergiis merganser americanus {Cass.) Ridg. Goosander. — 

 Small flocks observed in January. 



104. Plotus anhinga, Linn. Snake-bird. — A female shot by a friend, 

 on March 24. 



To the foregoing list of species actually taken or identified beyond 

 question, are to be added six others which I was unable to fix decisively. 

 These are a Hawk, believed to have been Ictinia subccsriilea, seen in 

 pursuit of a Buzzard, on March 4; a red-tailed Buteo of which I saw a 

 pair, Feb. 26; a shy, black Buteo, almost undoubtedly Buteo abbreviatus, 

 frequently observed about the village; an Owl, apparently Stri.x nebulosa, 

 several times scared up in an unusually dense grove of deciduous trees ; 

 a Hummer, noted a few times towards the close of my stay; and a beauti- 

 ful Larus which hovered over the stage as it forded the creek, on my 

 return journey to San Antonio. 



