10. Parus carolinensis, Aud. Carolina Chickadee.—Uncommon during my stay. Usually seen in pairs.

11. Certhia familiaris rufa (Bartr.) Ridg. Brown Creeper.—Rare. Only two individuals observed: one Jan. 16, the other Jan. 29.

12. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) Cab. Rock Wren.—I obtained a single female on March 4, in a cañon of the Cibalo Creek. It was very shy and was secured with difficulty.

13. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus, Ridg. White-throated Wren.—About three pairs were resident in the cañon above referred to. They lurked almost constantly in the interstices of the rocks, and had it not been for their delightful song would many times have entirely escaped observation.

14. Thryothorus ludovicianus (Gm.) Bp. Carolina Wren.—Uncommon resident.

15. Thryomanes bewicki leucogaster, Baird. Texan Bewick’s Wren.—Very common resident. Sang throughout the winter.

16. Anthus ludovicianus (Gm.) Licht. Titlark.—Abundant winter visitor. Became uncommon towards the last of March.

17. Neocorys spraguei (Aud.) Scl. Missouri Skylark.—Mr. Sennett having detected this species at Galveston,[[17]] it was, of course, to have been expected in the present locality. Since, however, I observed no examples until the 16th of March, it is to be inferred that the bird’s winter habitat lies much farther to the south than has been supposed. I met with specimens up to within a few days of my departure, but never in abundance and, I believe, all upon one “flat” containing about twenty acres.

While according to Dr. Coues[[18]] the manners and habits of this bird and the Titlark agree so closely during the breeding season, they were quite unlike at the time of my own observations. At Boerne the flight of the Skylark was peculiarly characteristic, being made slowly, at a height of but a few inches from the ground and with the regular, undulating movement of the Goldfinch. When several birds were associated together—as was usually the case—they were invariably much scattered about upon the ground, and in flight never closed ranks sufficiently to form anything 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.

18. Mniotilta varia (Linn.) Vieill. Black-and-white Creeper.—Rather common after March 13.