236 Hassrouck, Birds of Eastland County, Texas. [July 
satisfied that it breeds at about the same elevation in the vicinity 
of Fort Klamath, Oregon, where, however, these birds were 
rather scarce. 
An abundant and suitable food supply has unquestionably a 
great deal to do with the movements of these birds, and while they 
might be called resident in most places where they are found, they, 
like many other species usually considered residents throughout 
the year, are more or less migratory. Their range northward is 
very extended, specimens having been obtained on the Putnam 
River, Alaska, close to the Arctic Circle and to the tree limit. 
SUMMER BIRDS OF EASTLAND COUNTY, TEXAS. 
BY E. M. HASBROUCK. 
EASTLAND County, Texas, is situated between latitudes 32°-33° 
and longitudes 98°-99° or a little northeast of the geographical 
centre, and is known throughout the country as the poorest and 
most unattractive portion of the State. The elevation varies from 
twelve hundred to sixteen hundred feet, and the entire County, 
as well as a number of those lying to the east, is one series of 
terraces, beginning a little west of Cisco and extending through 
Erath and Bosque Counties, until the valley of the Brazos is 
reached. Water is extremely scarce and the timber, although 
pretty generally distributed, is almost entirely of oak, and com- 
prises four species, known as post-oak, bur-oak, black jack, and 
‘shinnery.” This last is a short, stunted bush, frequently covering 
hundreds of acres and rarely exceeding four or five feet in height. 
The observations recorded were made while accompanying 
the Geological Survey, and while this list of sixty species is by 
no means complete, still it will, I hope, be of some value in 
showing the partial distribution of certain peculiar and rare 
forms. Several species of Hawks, which were numerous, I was 
unable to secure and identify, as my time was not my own. 
1. Ardea herodias. GrEAT BLurE Heron. — Present, but rare from 
scarcity of water; two individuals seen. A number were observed on 
