KDixon 1952 Parus bicolor - atrieristatus Feb. 9. 2 1/2 mi. ESE Del Valle, 300 ft., Travis Co., Texas I reached this area along Onion Creek by driving along Hwy 290 for 2.2 miles W of Harfield, then N about 1/2 mile to the end of that road. I met the owner, Mr. Smart, and obtained his permission to hunt small birds in the trees with .38 shot shells. I drove through his pastures down to the bottomland at 8:30 A.M. [Titmice had been singing in remnants of deciduous oak - juniper woods near his house on the bench above the river valley]. CLEAR, WARM, CALM all morning. I heard a pair of titmice along a small tributary and followed them down to the main creek; I was never within range and they crossed the creek where it was 120 ft wide. I saw one individual of this pair through the binoculars - west blackish. The streambank timber is well developed here. Trees I could recognize included cottonwoods, sycamore, willow and elm (leaf 1/2" - 2" long). In some places upstream it is thinned out; in others there is a dense tangle of underbrush and lianas. chinaberry After losing sight of the first pair encountered, I worked downstream on the south bank. I heard a titmice call once, then heard no more. I walked along slowly and at length encountered 2 titmice. I downed one (699) and started to follow the other. He was wary, scolded me, then began song peer ~ ~ ~ ~ 5-1/2. I took him (700, #) at about 9:15. I worked upstream cautiously for perhaps 300 yards, the stream flowing in a northerly direction at the junct