MCAULEY ON BIRDS OF THE RED RIVER OF TEXAS. 



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A large number of nests were seen and examined, and in most instances 

 left, as either the young were hatched or the embryos were very far ad 

 vauced. 



SYLVIID^. 



Kegulus calendula, (L.) lAQ.\xt.—Euhy- crowned Kinglet. 



A few individuals observed along the Washita and Canadian, evidently 

 migrating. 

 Regulus satrapa, Licht. — Golden-crested Kinglet. 



The only one of this species noted was atCanoacito Blanco, June 4. 



TROGLODYTID^E. 



Catherpes MEXiCANUS CONSPERSUS, Eidgw. — White-throafed Wren. 



Observed iu the caiion region after a long day's ride over an alkali dis- 

 trict. No water ever tasted as delicious as those fresh brooks that gush 

 at intervals from the steep walls of the i)laiu, to sink iu the saud 

 before reaching the river ; and no singer's notes seemed brighter or more 

 cheering than the warbling of this bird, which frequented these precipi- 

 tous canons, whose sides are thickly covered with cedars and under- 

 growth. This species was not observed elsewhere during the trip, but 

 here it seemed particularly numerous. 



The largest number of eggs observed in one nest was six. 



ALAUDID^. 



EREMOPinLA ALPESTRIS CHRYSOL^MA, (Wagl.) Baird. — Southivestcrti 

 Larlc. 



This bright little songster was almost a constant companion in the 

 daily surveys on the Staked Plain proper, being there especially notice- 

 able and extremely abundant, and for a while numbersof nests were daily 

 met with. Generally iu company, flying to and fro in search of food, 

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