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not very profusely with reddisli-brown of various sliades, massed in dis- 

 tinct broad bands near the larger end. The shape is round at the large end 

 and round-pointed at the other. In size they fall below those of Bewick's 

 Wren from the Middle United States. They vary in length from .64 to 

 .61 and in breadth from .49 to .46. 



Lomita 

 ....do . 

 ....do . 

 ....do . 



WiBg 2.12. Tail gone, but new one just starting. 



5.25 

 5.25 

 5.35 



7.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 



2.10 

 2.13 

 2.12 



,00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



ALAUDID^. 



12. Eremophila alpestris chrysoljema (Wagl.) Coues. — South- 



western Horned LarJc. 

 Seen about the sand flats at Corpus Christi March 20, also at Point 

 Isabel April 3, after which time I did not visit suitable places for it. 



STLYICOLID^. 



13. Mniotilta yaria (L.) Y. — Black-and-u'Mte Creeper.* 



I shot a flne-plumaged male of this species at Corpus Christi on March 



23, and saw several others. They were in company with Blue-gray 

 Gnatcatchers and Black-throated Green Warblers. At Lomita,, on April 



24, I obtained a female in very dull jjlumage, and in May several of both 



sexes. 



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Corpus Christi. 

 Lomita 



March 23 

 April 24 



Wing 2.83. Tail 2. 

 5. 00 I 8. 10 I 2. 56 I 1. 95 



14. Parula nigrilora, Coues. — Sennetth Warbler. 



After reaching Lomita, April 8, the first two days were chiefly occu- 

 pied in getting conveniences and supplies in order. On the first collecting 

 day, we heard its notes, and theflrst Warbler obtained was this pretty little 

 Farula. It is truly a bird of the forest, and delights to be in the upper 

 branches of the tallest trees. The song of the male is almost continuous 

 as it flits about, and is so clear that it can be heard at a long distance 

 and readily distinguished from all other birds'. By its notes we coidd 

 locate the bird, and this accounts for our securing so many more males 

 than females. Were it not for its song, I doubt if we would have taken 

 many, owing to their diminutive size and habit of frequenting the tops 

 of the forest-trees. As it was, by only taking such as came in our way, 



["I wisli to complete here the reference to the curious synonym of this bird, "Necta- 

 rinia varia," left defective in B. C. V. 205, as I had at that time no opportunity of 

 handling Kiister's continuation of Hahn's work. The reference is : 



Nectarinia varla, Kuster, Omith. Atl. der ausseretirop. Vog. nacli Dr. C. W. Halin's Werte fortges. 

 von H. C. Kuster, Erste Abtheil., Heft 8, Nectarinidenl., p. 2, pi. 2. (8vo, Niimberg, Zeh, 1836.) 



— E.C.] 



