470 Mr. H. E. Dresser on the Birds of Southern Texas. 



CoLAPTEs AURATUS (Linnseus) . Yellow-shafted Flicker. 

 We procured a single specimen near San Antonio early in 

 June, this being the only one I saw during my stay in Texas. 



CoLAPTEs MExiCANUs, Swainsou. Red-shafted Flicker. 



Found occasionally near San Antonio, but of uncommon oc- 

 currence. In December 1863 I noticed several near the Nueces 

 River, on the Eagle Pass road ; and in February and March 1864 

 I shot three near Piedras Negras. 



Trochilus colubris, Linnseus. Ruby-throated Humming- 

 bird. 



Occasionally noticed near Matamoras in July and August. 

 During the winter I observed one or two near San Antonio, on 

 warm days. Early in April, on the weather becoming warmer, 

 they were very numerous near San Antonio, and generally to be 

 found about the large cotton-wood trees. I knew of two nests 

 in low willows overhanging the San Pedro, which were, how- 

 ever, washed away on the 6th June, when that river overflowed 

 its banks after a heavy storm of rain. 



Ch^tura ? 



Late in April and early in May, quantities of Swifts passed 

 over San Antonio, travelling in a northerly direction ; and when 

 out after horses on the Medina on the 5th of the latter month, 

 they were passing overhead all day long. I was unable to shoot 

 one, to see of what species they were, as they generally flew at 

 so great a height ; but so far as I could see, they seemed to be 

 of a uniform dark colour. 



Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmelin). Chuck- Wills- 

 Widow. 



[Comes to the neighbourhood of San Antonio in the spring, 

 and remains to raise its young. — A. L. H.] 



I noticed several on the Medina on the 26th April and early 

 in May. On the 18th of this last month I found them very 

 numerous at New Braunfels, and also at Bastrop on the 20th 

 May. 



Antrostomus nuttalli (Audubon) . NuttalPs Whip-poor- 

 Will. 



[I killed one on the Medina. In passing along Devil's 



