35. 14th 29. Spring Creek, 6 1/2 mi. ENE Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas Morning Dove - scattered throughout area, paired. Meadowlark - seems to be in flocks yet for most part. The only song I have heard has been Eastern Meadowlark. Killdeer - noted in grassy areas & near ponds. Upland Plover - two solitary individuals seen along road to ranch headquarters N of Spring Creek in midafternoon. I left the bunkhouse at 4:00 and drove to Beeville, returning at 8:05. I watched along the road for vertebrates but saw only jackrabbits, one shrunk. I took to be a Hognosed, and Killdeer Calm in evening, 55° F at 7:30 pm, never hot all day. 14th 30. I drove to the same area before 7:30 and worked first along the creek where I had been yesterday, then along another branch 1/2 mile E. See acct for Paurus Caprimulgus I took a pauraque in mesquite-liveoak thicket at 11:15. I had flushed this bird as well as another earlier in the day. In each case they seemed to seek a level place in shade, perhaps behind a downed log beneath a tree alms, always on the ground. Shortly after taking the pauraque I saw a sharrow [illegible] hop from grassy area into a thicket. It stopped then continued always aloft. I collected it, finding the bird however still alive. It flew out of my hand, hopped over the ground and I recaptured it. The bird did not seem to be injured but seemed reluctant to fly, possibly because of the wind. Grasshopper Sparrow Cowbirds seem to be more widely distributed than they were 10 days ago.