38 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



270. Sayornis phoebe. Phoebe. 



Eastern half of the State, breeding west to the San Angelo country. 

 Summer resident of the extreme eastern and northeastern sections 

 but rather locally distributed. Reported as migrant and winter resident 

 at Laredo, Houston, Boerne, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Refugio and 

 Waco. Attwater states that it breeds in caves in the hilly country 

 northwest of San Antonio. 



271. Saynrnis nigricans. Black Phoebe. 



Western section of the State, recorded as breeding at Spring 

 Creek, Tom Green County, and at San Angelo (Lloyd). I have 

 observed this species in May in the southern plains region (Midland 

 county), but records of its occurance in Texas are few and far between. 



272. Sayornis saya. Say's Phoebe. 



Winter resident, ranging east to the Colorado (Lloyd). Recorded as 

 migrant and winter resident in the following localities: Fort Brown 

 (Merrill), Lomita (Sennett), Boerne (Brown), San Angelo (Lloyd), 

 Clay County (Ragsdale), Corpus Christi and Beeville (Beckham), San 

 Antonio (Dresser and Attwater). A rather common summer resident 

 of the Panhandle region west of the foot of the plains. 



273. Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Migrant, not very abundant. Recorded from Fort Brown, Lomita, 

 Gainesville, San Antonio, Concho and Tom Green counties. Guada- 

 lupe and Chisos Mountains, probably breeding, (Bailey). 



274. Hyiochanes virens. Wood Pewee. 



Eastern half of the State, west to San Angelo, summer resident. 

 Breedmg at San Antonio, Houston, Waco, San Angelo, on the Lower 

 Rio Grande, etc. Migrating birds recorded from Bonham, Refugio, 

 GainsviUe and Mason. Probably breeds throughout its Texas range. 



275. Hyiochanes richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee. 



Migrant, occurring as far east as San Angelo, San Antonio, etc. 

 Probably abundant in the Trans-Pecos region during the migrations. 



276. Empidonax flaviventris. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



Migrant through Eastern Texas. Recorded from GainesvDIe (Rags- 

 dale), San Antonio (Dresser), Laredo (Butcher) and Lomita (Sennett). 



277. Empidonax difficilis. Western Flycatcher. 



Summer resident in Chisos and Guadalupe Mountains (Bailey and 

 Oberholser). 



