K Dixon 1951 Panna Mar 25. 3 mi ENE Skedmore, Bee Co., Texas Live oaks (11:20) and I called up a titmouse which then flew W along the fence. Firing pin failure permitted the bird to fly on N of fence again. Mar 26. Misting slightly after intermittent rains. I returned to the same area and was walking along a fence shown on sketch The shaded area had not been cleared and supported dense brush as well as live oaks. Only live oaks standing on Driscoll property. Titmouse scolded me from N of fence near the corner but I couldn't entice it to cross fence by squealing. I walked west and ran into a flock of grackles and a lone titmouse, the latter calling dut dut dut. I collected it, a lone bird and thought at the time that it might be the mate of the ♀ (# 492) which I took here yesterday. This bird (#497) proved to be a ♂ which helps substantiate this supposition. I walked down to the riverbed & thence E along the S bank after 8:30. The soil was sandy here and there was a dense woodland of low trees growing on the "bluffs" Among them were my plant catalogue numbers # 411, 412, 413. Other trees (the majority) were not out in leaf. I heard a titmouse say "hear hear hear" and located a bird singing from rainma perches in a leafless tree. It moved E and I saw another titmouse fly along. Grackles and a yellow-throated Vireo were with the titmice, also 2 Mniotilta varia. The "flock" moved along rapidly and