43. Apr. 5, Aransas River, 5½ mi. ENE Skidmore, 150 ft., Bee Co., Texas I left the house on the Heard Ranch at 9:30 a.m. and drove to the headquarters, stopping to talk to Mr. Ted Scott, the herdsman, briefly. I reached Beeville about 10:30 and drove N toward San Antonio on U.S. Hwy. 181. 1 mi. S Poth, Wilson Co., Texas - one Audubon Caracara in plowed field about 50 yds. from highway at noon. I drove on through San Antonio after stopping for lunch then proceeded via U.S. Hwy. 81 to Austin without incident. Austin, Travis Co., Texas. I arrived in this city about 4:30 pm and put up in an auto court on the west side of town. Apr. 6. I was awakened by the calls of Blue Jays and Great-tailed Grackles - the day started sunny but rain commenced by 9:00 a.m. I went out to the University of Texas and there met Dr. W. Frank Blair and Dr. Clark Hubbs and graduate students in zoology. I discussed local bird distribution with Wilmet A. Thornton, a student now studying isolating mechanisms in toads. I made arrangements to go to an area W of town with another student, N.W. Phillips, the next day. Apr. 7 Barton Cr., 4 mi. SW Austin, 500 ft., Travis Co., Texas CLEAR, CALM. Homer Phillips and I reached the Gaines Farm via Fredericksburg Road about 7:00 a.m. We left our car on the edge of the plateau and walked down into the canyon cut by Barton Creek. The flat above and the slopes of the canyon were covered by a woodland of Juniperus mexicana, Spanish oak (Q. texana), some live oak and hackberry and cedar elm; the latter two more abundant in the bottom.