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[[underlined]] Centurus carolinus [[/underlined]].
Common in timbered areas. Seen at Eagle Lake Dec. 25 and 27; Wharton Dec. 28; and Bay City Jan. 1.

[[underlined]] Colaptes auratus [[/underlined]].
Fairly common. Seen at Eagle Lake Dec. 25 and 27, several at Bay City Jan. 1.

[[underlined]] Sayornis phoebe [[/underlined]].
Common. Noted as follows: Eagle Lake Dec. 25 and 27; Wharton Dec. 26; Bay City and Matagorda Jan. 1 and 2.

[[underlined]] Otocoris a. giraudi [[/underlined]].
Common in a restricted area above Matagorda where the birds were seen Jan. 1 and 2. A female bird taken had had the bill injured in some way so that both upper and lower mandibles had been torn away. The bird was in good condition but had been unable to free the long dorsal feathers from their sheaths developed at the last molt, save at the tips. This bird was at least one year old as shown by the progress of ossification in the diploe of the skull and the development of the ovaries. (specimen)

[[underlined]] Cyanocitta cristatat [[/underlined]].
Fairly common at Eagle Lake on Dec. 25 and 27.

[[underlined]] Corvus brachyrhynchos [[/underlined]].
Two seen at Eagle Lake Dec. 27 and others observed below Wharton Dec. 28.

[[underlined]] Molothrus ater [[/underlined]].
Fairly common at Eagle Lake Dec. 25 and 27; a number observed near Wharton Dec. 28; near Markham on Jan. 2 a flock containing nearly 5000 of these cowbirds was feeding in a field of rice stubble. Fifteen that were killed for their stomachs from this flock all belonged to the subspecies [[underlined]] ater [[/underlined]]. (specimen)