45. April 9. Barton Cr., 4 mi. SW Austin, 500 ft., Travis Co., Texas CALM; HIGH THIN CLOUDS dimming sun cleared by 7:00. I worked in area 7:20 – 10:10. Birds seen in addition to those listed previously include Brown Thrasher (one in brush in elm grove), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (singing), Canyon Wren singing in rocky streambottom. Flock of 12 Black Vultures in tall dead tree (no Turkey Vulture present) I found an armadillo skeleton and saw dead opossum and [illegible] skunk on road near the ranch. Sceloporus [illegible] in rocks along canyon bottom and a small chink in leaf litter in oak grove eluded me. Austin, Travis Co., Texas. Chimney Swifts flying over residence area S of the Colorado River – Blue Jay and Great-tailed Grackle common in same area. I left Austin at 2:30 and drove to San Antonio. Large black clouds to west brought high winds and had to leave for San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas about 5:00 p.m. I put up for the night in an auto court. Apr. 10. I went to the Witte Memorial Museum this morning and talked with Mrs. Ellen Schultz Quillen, the Director. She referred me to her husband, R.W. Quillen, and to David J. Bullock for information about birds and local bird distribution. In the afternoon I called upon Mr. Bullock, a retired hardware merchant nearly 80 years of age. He had collected birds in Texas off and on since 1916, residing here during the last 10 years, until recently at Buchanan Lake in Burnet and Llano counties. He informed me that the Black-crested Titmouse was the common breeding