TROVET JOHN 1992 Journal Mount Livermore, Davis Mountains Jeff Davis Co., Texas May 20-21 Hutton's Vireo Black-throated Greenbird (CRAB) Warbling Vireo Guan-tailed Jay Orange-crowned Warbler Rufous-sided Jay Virginia's Warbler Rufous-crowned Sparrow Auburn's Warbler Chipping Sparrow Black-throated Gray Warbler Black-chinned Sparrow Vermuda Warbler [Finch's Sparrow - J.E.] Theo Giddings's Warbler Brown-backed Cowbird Painted Redstart (S.A.) Pine Siskin Hepatic Tanager Lesser Goldfinch Wl Tangara meawala: skunk sp. Sybilogue sp. [illegible] sp. Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, 20 miles E. of Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas May 22-27 I finally got permission to enter Big Bend Land from David Ang, resources manager at the Regional TP&W Office at Davis Mountains State Park. He gave me the combination to the locked gate. I stopped in Alpine en route to get my eye glasses repaired; fill the cooler with black ice; as I got a puffy stuffy. From Alpine I drove to Marfa and then to Presidio, where I went E on FM 170 about 8 miles to a signed turnoff for Cueva Cabra, and then I turned N up a gravel road, while in a few miles turned back to the E. In about six miles, I reached the locked gate of Big Bend Ranch. I am told that with this acquisition, the state of Texas owns more than 100,000 acres of public lands. Kelly advised me to look at four pieces with the likelihood of having gold finches. I will describe the fence portion I explored first, then give detailed accounts of Las Cuevas and Jinto Adventor,