KDixon 1952 Parus carolinensis Feb 3. 1/2 mi. W Bastrop, 600 ft., Bastrop Co., Texas. Song of chickadee near power-line clearing on Young property: sufeer sufeer sufeer (2nd and 3rd "bees" lower pitched than 1st) Later in morning I heard a song with 5 notes rather than the usual 4; it had a tagalong "bee" note. Feb 5. CALMER than preceding days but WINDY after 10:00. During the past 3 mornings I have found chickadees singly or in pairs. Call notes recorded as follows: dee dee dee - scoold see-chit [illegible] latter note curt spiggle-ya spiggle-yee an Aegolius-like gurgle heard on several occasions Feb 9. 2 1/2 mi. ESE Del Valle, 300 ft., Travis Co., Texas. - CLEAR, WARM, CALM. Chickadees noted occasionally along Onion Creek in streambank timber. About 11:40, as I was trying to locate a fieldmouse which had stopped singing, I made a hissing noise. The first birds to respond were 2 chickadees which approached within a few feet of me, giving sputtery chickadee dee notes. Dense elm and oak reproduction along this bank. Feb 15. 7 mi. S Ranger, = 1500 ft., Eastland Co., Texas COLD, RAINY, calm. Chickadees were common in postoak-blackjack woodland (closely spaced) in the same areas where fieldmice occurred. They were noisy and in the poor light I shot at one, mistaking it for a fieldmouse. I took one (# 734) unintentionally when firing at a fieldmouse later; its mate moved about, calling