20 BULLETIN 1165, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 6. — Birds nesting on 80 acres near Kerrville, Tex. 



Species. 



1914 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



Green heron 



Killdeer 



Texas bobwhite 



♦Western mourning dove 



tBlack ^■^.llt^lre 



tCooper hawk 



Aiken screech owl 



♦California CHckoo 



*Texas woodpecker 



*Chiick-will's-widow 



*Black-chinned hummingbird. 



Crested flj-catcher 



t Ash-throated flycatcher 



* Wood pewee 



♦Acadian flycatcher 



♦Cowbird 



♦Orchard oriole 



♦Arkansas goldfinch 



♦Western lark sparrow 



♦Chipping sparrow 



♦Field sparrow 



Rock sparrow 



♦Gray-taUed cardinal 



♦Western blue grosbeak 



♦Indigo bunting 



Painted bimtihg 



♦Summer tanager 



Purple martin 



*Red-eyed vireo 



♦Yellow-throated ^-ireo 



Black-capped ^ireo 



♦White-eyed vireo 



♦Black and white warbler 



♦Panila warbler 



♦Golden-cheeked warbler 



♦Kentucky warbler 



Chat....'. 



Mockingbird 



Canyon wren 



♦Carolina wren 



♦Te.xas wren 



♦Sennett titmouse 



♦Plumbeous chickadee 



Blue-gray gnatcatcher 



Bluebird 



Total number of species 



Total number of nesting pairs . 



(') 



(2) 



(0 



C") 



(1) 



(^) 



(') 



(') 



38 



llo-^ 



39 

 103 -t- 



42 

 159-f 



36 



(1) 



m 



127- 



34 

 106-f 



(1) 



(2) 



34 



101-1- 



♦Present every year. 



tPresent only one year. 



1 Several. 



2 Common. 



Concerning the changes in bird hfe which have taken place in this 

 region during his residence there, Mr. Lacey made the statement 

 recorded in Table 6 in .1914. 



As to changes in the bird population, I have lived here since 1882 and do not think 

 that there are fewer birds here now than there were then, but some species are scarcer, 

 and one (the white-necked raven) has left us entirely and gone, I suppose, farther west; 

 it was common here formerly, but the crow has taken its place. The crows came m 

 about 1897, which was the last year that the ravens nested on Turtle Creek. 



Bobwhite is much scarcer than he used to he, but is gaining ground again the last 

 year or so. The green heron is another bird that is not so common as it was a few 

 years ago, and purple martins are scarcer than they were, owing possibly to the fact 

 that people won't take the trouble to put up boxes for them on account of the English 

 sparrows taking possession of the boxes as fast as they are put up. 



The sparrows came to Kerrville in 1897 . The lazuli bunting has nested in the button 

 bushes along our little creek, but I have not seen one for some years. Wild turkeys 

 increased considerably during the last three years, owing probably to very favorable 

 breeding seasons; I am afraid that they will not do so well this year, as we have had 

 many hard rains this spring. 



A bird that seems to have left us is Mearns' quail; it was never very common and 

 kept to the rough country, never coming down to the fields as far as I know. Com- 

 paratively few quail are shot here, and it is rather hard to see why they should decrease 



