K Dixon 1951 Parus Mch 19. 4 mi. E Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas and a faintive see see see Both birds foraged in the uppermost twigs of the same live oak, one picking at what appeared to be a new bird. At 10:21, one called sit sit sit in rapid sequence as it floated down the trunk in a spiral. It foraged in a shrub (#410) for a few seconds, then on the ground within inches of the shrub, then upward again within a minute. Both in crown again at 10:23, sit notes well phrased, softer than those of warblers nearby. I noticed one bird (? ?) hopping upward in tree from one branch to another, always at bases of branches or along furrowed trunk bark. One of the birds (both in crown again) commenced song peta-peta-peta - same song from farther W also. I moved closer and both birds dropped downward in the tree, one giving see se vut - - - - from the shrub at the bottom of the tree. The other bird silent, higher up - -. Silence maintained for a minute or so even though other birds present (grnatathus, Vireo griseus, Dendroica dominica ?) resumed call notes in half that time after being silent after disturbance. As I approaches till closer, tree tree such dut from bird in shrub at 10:28 - twice flew to oak S. 10:30 one [illegible] (bronish crest) preened in middle of oak shrub. I walked W then to locate other singer.