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Empidonax acadicus (Gmelin). Small Green-crested Fly- 

 catcher. 



Not uncommon near San Antonio during the summer. 



Upper mandible dark brown ; lower mandible light flesh- 

 colour ; iris brown ; legs blackish. Stomach containing small 

 insects. 



Empidonax flaviventris (Baird fratt.). Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatcher. 



Common near San Antonio during the summer, arriving there 

 in April. 



Bill dark above, fleshy brown below ; legs blackish ; iris 

 dark brown. Stomach containing insects. 



Pyrocephalus rubineus (Boddaert). Bed Flycatcher. 



A fine male specimen was shot on the San Pedro, near San 

 Antonio, in August 1863, and sent to Dr. Heermann, who kindly 

 gave it to me. On the 25th September, when shooting near the 

 San Pedro, I noticed one, a young male, and after some trouble 

 succeeded in killing it. It was very shy, and made its way 

 through the low wesatche bushes like a Hedge- Sparrow. On 

 the 5th April, 1864, I again shot a young male after a chase of 

 nearly an hour, when I got a long shot at it and knocked it 

 over. It was quite as shy as the one I procured before, but, 

 unlike that, it kept to the more open part of the country, and 

 always perched on some elevated place. Its note somewhat re- 

 sembled that of Milvulus forficatus. 



Young Male. Bill brownish black ; legs dull brown ; iris dark 

 hazel. 



TuRDUS NANUS, Audubou. Dwarf Thrush. 



[I procured the eggs once on the Medina. — A. L. H.] 



TuRDUs MiGRATORius, Linnseus. American Robin. 

 Not uncommon near San Antonio during the winter, and 

 found more abundantly during a severe " norther." 



SiALiA siALis (Linnseus). Bluebird. 



[Comes in the winter, and sometimes breeds here. — A. L. H.] 



I noticed large flocks of these birds in the Bandera Hills in 



November. After that time I observed a few occasionally until 



February, later than which I saw none. 



