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Brown’s Recortnoissance in Southwestern Texas . 
like a flock. The Titlarks, on the contrary, as I have also found them at 
the North, were birds of erratic and more rapid flight, frequently ascending 
to a considerable height and always preserving the semblance of a flock, 
however straggling their order. 
1 8. Mniotilta varia ( Linn .) Vie ill. Black-and-white Creeper. — 
Rather common after March 13. 
19. Helminthophaga ruficapilla ( Wils .) Bd. Nashville War- 
bler. — Two specimens, — March 30 and April 1. 
20. Helminthophaga celata (Say) Bd. Orange-crowned War- 
bler. — Arrived the first week in March and thereafter was the most 
abundant of the Warblers. One of my specimens is a partial albino, 
the first, I believe, that has been detected in this peculiar phase of plu- 
mage. 
21. Parula americana ( Linn .) Bp. Blue Yellow-back. — Rare 
migrant. Arrived March 20 in full song. . 
: 22. Dendroeca coronata ( Linn .) Gray. Yellow-rump. — An 
abundant winter visitor, seen throughout my stay. 
23. Dendroeca blackburnse ( Gm .) Bd. Blackburnian War- 
bler. — A single male taken March 31. 
24. Dendroeca dominica albilora, Bd. White-browed Yellow- 
throat. — Uncommon migrant, first seen on March 19. The song of 
this variety is very different from that of its eastern analogue, and is a 
close reproduction of the Field Sparrow’s familiar chant, without his decres- 
cendo termination. 
25. Dendroeca chrysoparia, Scl. and Salv. Golden-cheeked 
Warbler. — Previous to the capture of my Boerne specimens, there were 
only about seven * skins of this elegant Warbler in existence. It was a rare 
bird at Boerne, and my own series was not brought up to a total of seven 
without special exertion. The first individual made his appearance on 
March 12. Within forty-eight hours from that time, under the influence 
of a biting norther, the mercury sank to 29 0 and hovered about that 
figure for several days. So that in his semi-tropical habitat this little bird 
is sometimes called upon to endure pretty severe weather. The remain- 
ing examples were taken at intervals up to March 24, after which I saw 
none. I found them usually in cedar brakes ; never more than a few rods 
distant from them. They were sometimes very shy, at other times easily 
approached, but almost always pursued their various avocations rather si- 
lently. I did not hear the song at all, until by this I was attracted to the 
last specimen that I procured. The notes were an exact counterpart of the 
song of Dendroeca discolor , as I heard it in Alabama, and, indeed, for 
the utterances of that bird I mistook them. 
By the few examples of this species hitherto existing in cabinets, the 
plumage of the adult male has been represented with much green on the 
*Four specimens were known before Mr. Werner explored Comal Co., in 1878. In 
his article on Werner’s Birds (this Bull., Vol. IV, p. 77), Mr. Brewster does not state 
just how many were taken. 
