12 2 Brown on a Second Season hi Texas. [April 



The Californian Blue.bird does not appear to have been met with in 

 Texas before, and I find but one record of its occurrence so far east as the 

 ninetj-ninth meridian, in the United States at large.* 



3. Lanivireo solitarius ( Vici'lL) Bd. Solitary Vireo. — One specimen 

 ($), procured from a company of Chickadees, Kinglets, and other small 

 birds, in a post-oak grove, February 3. The testimony of all collectors 

 in Texas indicates the rarity of this species in the State. So far as I am 

 aware, it has not hitherto been detected in winter. 



4. Zonotrichia albicollis {Gm.) Bp. White-throated Sparrow. — 

 One specimen taken, March 9; others seen upon March 30 and April 6. 

 Boerne is far to the south and west of the ordinary habitat of this Spar- 

 row, which has not before been taken in Texas limits and but once attri- 

 buted to the State. Dr. Merrill states f that he heard its unmistakable 

 song at Fort Brown, on May 11, 1877. 



5. Spizella socialis (^nec arizonce) ( JVi7s.) Bp. Chipping Sparrow. — 

 Apparently common. Sevei^al taken. 



6. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Bon. Texas Cardinal. — Two specimens — a 

 female, February 2, and a male, April 5 — procured in bushes along the 

 creek. These captures considerably extend the known range of the 

 species in the State, but few examples having been noted north of the Rio 

 Grande ^•-alle^^ 



7. Tyrannus carolinensis {Linn.') Temm. Kingbird. — One specimen, 

 April 4. 



8. Sayornis sayi {Bon.) Baird. Say's Pewee. — On the morning of 

 February 5, during the prevalence of a severe norther, several of this 

 species, accompanied by other birds, were found under the lee of a stone- 

 wall, near the creek, and one was secured. On the following day a soli- 

 tarj' individual was seen and obtained. Both birds were much emaciated. 



9. Pious pubescens Z/;;m. Downy Woodpecker. — A single specimen, 

 February 3. 



10. Circus hudsonius {Linn.) Vieill. Marsh Hawk. — A female seen 

 on March 16; an adult male on March 27. 



11. Nyctiardea grisea naevia {Bodd.) Allen. Night Heron. — An im- 

 mature female, taken February 2. 



12. Podilymbus podiceps {Linn.) Lawr. Thick-billed Grebe. — 

 During the latter part of March, several individuals were noted in the 

 Boerne Mill-pond. On March 21, a specimen in winter plumage was 

 killed and presented to me by a local sportsman. 



13. Anas boschas Linn. Mallard. — Occasionally seen in small 

 flocks or singl^^ 



Of the six species seen but unsatisfactoril}' identified in 1880, 



two {Ictinia snbccei'ulea? and Lams P) were not met 



witli ; two ( — Strix iiebitlosa? and Btiteo abbrexiatus? ) weie 

 seen but not secured, and two were identified b}' capture, viz. : — 



*See Hatch, Birds of Minnesota, Ann. Rep. State Geologist, 1880 (?), p. 361. 

 tProc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878, p. 126. 



