K Dixon 1952 Jan 30. 11 mi. NW Sourdanton, 700 ft., Atascosa Co., Texas On two occasions I saw Amphispiza "cooperi" and took a ? (#651) from one. Paired? In brush along driveway (belt from which mesquite had been removed) Black-throated Sparrow, Pyrrhuloxia, Mockingbird, Cardinal found. I took a Curve-billed Thrasher from a thicket of lead-pencil cactus and in this area. About 10:30, Ed Eisenhower and his brother Fred arrived. We had extended conversation with them for the next 3 hours, broken by their work program. Ed Eisenhower told me that his father had bought the land about 1904 and at that time they had one well for 3200 acres. A wagon could be driven almost anywhere with ease in contrast to the brush- choked pastures of the present. Today there are six wells on the same area and some had to be drilled deepier last year although the maximum well depth is about 280 feet. Quail appear to fluctuate in numbers, being low at present. Deer appears to be nearly extinct locally because of poaching. After 3 inches of rain in September, there has been little during fall and winter. Cattle need to be fed to supplement the food made available by clearing the Opuntia At sunset, I found a small frog (Acis) floating belly-up but alive in a pond near the windmill. None seen otherwise. Saved as #658