Apr 30. 1 mi. NW Ft. Davis, 5000 ft., Jeff Davis Co., Texas Morning Dove Ladder-backed Wkiper. Scrubs Jay (heard) Black-capped Titmouse Busk-tit (flock) Canyon Wren (song) Robin Townsend Solitaire Chainspepla Bell Vireo (singing, willows) Yellowthroat Pileolated Warbler Yellow Warbler Cowbird Orchard Oriole Black-headed Grosbeak Rufous-crowned Sparrow Brown Towhee (see a c.t.) Spotted Towhee I drove W out of Ft. Davis at 11:00 a.m. Riding through grass-covered rangeland below the tree-line. At one point, perhaps 540 ft elevation, there were trees and there were at Stillmane Grove, a settlement which I passed through. W there, the road dropped to lower elevations where grassland prevailed. The wind was blowing strongly. I passed through Valentine and noted dust storm in irrigated lands 10 mi. SW Van Horn Culberson Co., Texas. Driving W out of Van Horn, rain began to fall and temperature dropped noticeably. On the Guifman Mts. W Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth Co., Texas snow capped the peaks. Morning Doves were common along the road. Near Mc Mary I saw Red Wing and Great-tailed Grackles in irrigated fields. I was refused permission to collect one of the latter. The cold rain stopped about 2:30. I reached El Paso & put up for the night — it was cold and windy and rained lightly during the evening.