No. 3.] 



SENNETT ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF TEXAS. 



I secured tliree sets of its eggs in April at Lomita. Several nests were 

 discovered in May, but they all contained young. My observations of 

 its breeding habits differ somewhat from those recorded of it on the arid 

 plains of the Utah Basin. Its nest differs from former descriptions in 

 having more or less horsehair and few rootlets for lining. One nest 

 was fidly six feet from the ground, and the others somewhat lower, but 

 none were found very near the ground, and all were placed securely in 

 crotches. The locality worked over this season had much less open and 

 barren ground than my field of last year, cactus and large thorny 

 bushes covering pretty thickly all spots free from chaparral or timber ; 

 yet I found the Black-throated Einch as abundant as in the more barren 

 country. Its eggs are perceptibly smaller than heretofore recorded; 

 their length varying from .70 to .00, and their breadth from .55 to .52. 



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42. Spizella socialis (Wils.) Bp. — Chipping Sparroic. 

 Obtained in April and May at Lomita, but not common. 



43. ZONOTRICHTA LEUCOPHRYS INTERMEDIA EidgW, — RidgwCiy's 



sparrow. 

 !N"ot common about Lomita, the country being too thickly wooded to 

 suit its habits. 



75 



Lomita April 10 



6.75 



9.50 



3. 00 2. 75 



44. Chondestes grammica (Say) Bp. — Larlc Finch. 



Seen occasionally at Lomita about the hedges skirting the ranches, 

 but not so abundant as farther down the river, where the country is 

 more cultivated and less w^ooded. 



476 



$ Lomita | May 20 



6.62 



10.50 



3. 37 2. 50 



45. Calamospiza bicolor (Towns.) Bp.— iarA; Bunting. 



Seen March 21 and 22, at Corpus Christi, in flocks of thirty or forty, 

 on the outskirts of the towns. Specimens obtained there, and also at 

 Point Isabel, April 3. All were moulting and in poor plumage. 



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