240 Hassrouck, Birds of Eastland County, Texas. [July 
36. Corvus americanus. Common Crow. — Abundant. Specimens 
taken are much smaller than those from the East. 
37. Icterus galbula. BaLTImorE ORIOLE.—Rare; but four specimens 
observed. 
38. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. WESTERN LARK SPARROW. — 
Extremely common everywhere in flocks of from a dozen to fifty. 
39. Amphispiza bilineata. BLACK-THROATED SPARROW.—I saw these 
birds but once and then only a small company of perhaps fifty individuals 
on achaparral hill. They were extremely shy and it was with difficulty 
I was able to secure some. 
40. Peuczea cassini. CassIN’s SPARROW.—Rare; but two specimens 
taken, on Sept. 3 and 4, respectively. 
41. Melospiza fasciata montana. MouNTAIN SONG SPARROW. —Rare 
in some localities, but extremely common in others, especially along the 
water courses. 
42. Cardinalis cardinalis. CARDINAL.—Common everywhere through- 
out the country in the vicinity of water. 
43. Passerina ciris. PAINTED BUNTING. — Very rare; not more than 
half a dozen observed. 
44. Spiza americana. Dickciss—EL.—One specimen taken Sept. 3, 1888. 
45. Pirangarubra. SuMMER TANAGER. — Fairly abundant along the 
water courses, not observed elsewhere. 
46. Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. WHITE-RUMPED SHRIKE. — 
Abundant throughout this and adjacent Counties. 
47. Vireo bellii. BrELL’s VirEo.— Common along the streams, un- 
known on the uplands. 
48. Dendroica zstiva. YELLOW WARBLER. — Not common; some 
half dozen were observed during the latter part of August and first of 
September. 
49. Anthus pensilvanicus. AMERICAN TITLARK.—Common through- 
out the prairie regions and frequently seen in the clearings. ! 
50. Mimus polyglottos. MockINGBIRD.—Fairly abundant and pretty 
generally distributed. ; 
51. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus. CANON WREN. —I have not 
found this bird in Eastland County, but further east and in nearly the 
same latitude I found a number of them in 1887 at Meridian in. Bosque 
County, at the ‘Bee rocks.’* “ts 
52. Thryothorus ludovicianus. CAROLINA WREN. — Tolerably com- 
mon along the water courses, especially the Leon and Satana Rivers, 
Copperas, Rush, and Palo Pinto Creeks. 4 
53. Thryothorus bewickii bairdi. Barrp’s WREN.— Very abundant . 
throughout the County ; I was extremely surprised to hear them frequently 
sing very similarly to some of our Warblers, and often searched diligently 
for a Warbler before discovering the author of the song. It was such a 
*See ‘Scientific American,’ April 28, 1888, p. 263. 
