R Dixon 1952 Feb 7 1 1/2 mi S Del Valle, 300 ft., Travis Co., Texas - We reached Onion Creek by driving in a westerly direction from our camp 15 mi W Bastrop. The creek intersects the road 5 1/2 mi W of our camp; the area we hunted in was several hundred yards downstream. The area near the road-creek intersection is a bottomland heavily timbered, presumably with elms and other species. To the eastward, in so far as could be seen from the road, there is a gentle rise with some breaks; much of the land is cultivated. Uncultivated land is grown to mesquite brushland, often rather dense. Elms (U. crassifolia) appear increasingly as one nears our camp (ie: higher on the gravel ridge) and are more numerous along stream courses. This cover offers thin route for exchange of members of the Onion Creek population and that to the east, near our camp (Mayhaw Creek). We arrived at an unfenced area lying in the loop of the creek near the edge of Bergton Field. The area is 1.5 miles by road from Del Valle, a small settlement on U. S. Hwy 290. The trees along the creek and the