Field notes, v601
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KDixon 1951 Parsa alieinalis Apr. 12 1 mi. SW Leon Springs, +1200ft, Bexar Co., Texas. I visited this area, approximate type locality of P.A. sannatti Ridgway, accompanied by David J. Bullock, an elderly collector now residing in San Antonio. We were granted permission to hunt there by the lessee, proprietor of the B-29 Cafe in Leon Springs. The slopes in the area over which I hunted, 7:00 am to 10:30 am were covered with a dense woodland of low juniper trees with liveoaks and Spanish oaks scattered among them. The Black-cated Titmouse was a common bird in here - I did some poor shooting with Mr. Bullock's .22 -410 and let 2 fly escape me. During the next hour I hunted in Spanish oaks along a brook and in an area of grove of Taller oak and elms along a creek. Here I took a silent member of one pair, the bird proving to be a ♀ (#545) and the noisy member of another pair, a ♂ (#546). Their mates escaped in each case. The area appears somewhat similar to the uplands above Barton Creek in Travis County, possibly a bit drier. Common birds of the area included Scrub-jay (1 taken) Carolina Chickadee Golden-cheeked Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Halden-throated Whippoorwill Nemrut Thrush Field Sparrow Lark Sparrow Blue-gray Gnatcatcher