m'cAULEY on birds of the red river of TEXAS. 671 



Bliss, Texas, and south 300 miles iuto old Mexico, where I frequently 

 met with the Texas Cardiual (P. sinuata) at an elevation of 3,500 feet 

 and below, the Scissor-tails were nowhere seen at any point, not even 

 at the same altitude at which they occur in the lied River country. 



Locality. 



Salt Fork, Red 



River. 



...do 



...do 



Palo Dnro 



Battle Creek. 



Mulberry Creek 



(tributary). 

 Mulberry Creek .. 

 McClellan Creek.. 

 White Fish Creek 

 McClellan Creek.. 



Collector. 



McCauley 



....do 



....do 



...do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Ji fl 



178 



179 

 181 

 198 

 203 

 205 



207 

 220 

 235 

 236 



10.2 1 14. 5 



13.6 1 14 



11.3 13 

 13.5 15 



14.7 14.7 

 9.7514.50 



i 

 10.75 14.5 

 11.25 13 



12.5 14 



10.6 14 



4.6 



5 

 4.3 



5 



5.33 



4.67 



4.67 

 4.25 

 4.6 

 4.5 



6.3 



9.3 



6.6 

 8.6 

 9.75 



5.75 

 6.50 

 8.6 

 5.6 



Remarks. 



The stoniaclis 

 con t a i n e d 

 rooio beetles 

 than flies. 



Their nests were built well up, generally on cottouwood trees, and 

 were very carefully constructed of small twigs, with the cotton from the 

 trees well interwoven. The interior was made of fine woody fibre and 

 roots, binding the innermost lining, invariably buffalo-wool, set in its 

 place with all the cunning of a weaver's skill. They were circular; in- 

 terior diameter at the top 3, and depth 2 inches. 



The usual number of eggs observed was four, and their average size 

 was 0.90 by 0.66. The ground-color was milk-white, uniform through- 

 out; the markings, varying in size, of lav^ender and burnt umber 

 chiefly ; some of sepia, at times very dark. They were irregularly scat- 

 tered over the surface, mainly over the large end; sometimes large spots 

 were found straying up to the smaller end, though that generally was 

 free, save from a few specks. In none of the eggs examined were the 

 blotches grouped thickly and closely about the great end, as in T. caro- 

 linens is. 



Tyrannus carolinensis, (L.) Bd. — Kingbird; Bee Martin. 



This species was generally found frequenting the same places where 

 was seen T. verticnlis, on the main creeks and rivers, oxcei)t that part 

 of Red River where the water is alkaline. Although not of the genus 

 Tyrannus, the " Scissor-tails" evidently ruled over this bird in all the 

 groves where they dwelled together, and appeared by their absolute con- 



