UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549


                                    FORM 10-Q


   / x /         Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                  For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1996

                                       or

   /   /        Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                For the transition period from _______ to _______

                         Commission File No. 33-26097-05

                           PARKER & PARSLEY 90-A, L.P.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                                   75-2329245
     (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)                 Identification Number)

303 West Wall, Suite 101, Midland, Texas                     79701
(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip code)

       Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code : (915) 683-4768

                                 Not applicable
              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                         if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  Registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                                Yes / x / No /  /

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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 90-A, L.P.
                        (A Delaware Limited Partnership)

                          Part I. Financial Information
Item 1.   Financial Statements
                                 BALANCE SHEETS
                                                    March 31,     December 31,
                                                      1996           1995
                                                  ------------    ------------
                                                  (Unaudited)
                 ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents, including interest
     bearing deposits of $111,498 at March 31
     and $118,538 at December 31                  $    111,598    $    118,751
  Accounts receivable - oil and gas sales               82,179          67,632
                                                   -----------     -----------

         Total current assets                          193,777         186,383

Oil and gas properties - at cost, based on the
  successful efforts accounting method               5,246,054       5,246,047
     Accumulated depletion                          (3,206,268)     (3,154,493)
                                                   -----------     -----------

         Net oil and gas properties                  2,039,786       2,091,554
                                                   -----------     -----------

                                                  $  2,233,563    $  2,277,937
                                                   ===========     ===========

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL

Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable - affiliate                    $     22,832    $     41,576

Partners' capital:
  Limited partners (6,811 interests)                 2,188,629       2,213,917
  Managing general partner                              22,102          22,444
                                                   -----------     -----------

                                                     2,210,731       2,236,361
                                                   -----------     -----------

                                                  $  2,233,563    $  2,277,937
                                                   ===========     ===========

         The financial information included herein has been prepared by
          management without audit by independent public accountants.

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 90-A, L.P.
                        (A Delaware Limited Partnership)

                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                   (Unaudited)




                                                      Three months ended
                                                           March 31,
                                                     1996             1995
                                                  -----------     -----------
Revenues:
  Oil and gas sales                               $   184,646     $   182,544
  Interest income                                       1,417           1,650
                                                   ----------      ----------

        Total revenues                                186,063         184,194

Costs and expenses:
  Production costs                                     75,168          88,111
  General and administrative expenses                   5,539           6,167
  Depletion                                            51,775         119,589
  Amortization of organization costs                       -              718
                                                   ----------      ----------

        Total costs and expenses                      132,482         214,585
                                                   ----------      ----------

Net income (loss)                                 $    53,581     $   (30,391)
                                                   ==========      ==========

Allocation of net income (loss):
  Managing general partner                        $       536     $      (297)
                                                   ==========      ==========

  Limited partners                                $    53,045     $   (30,094)
                                                   ==========      ==========

Net income (loss) per limited partnership
  interest                                        $      7.79     $     (4.42)
                                                   ==========      ==========

Distributions per limited partnership interest    $     11.50     $     13.07
                                                   ==========      ==========

          The financial information included herein has been prepared
         by management without audit by independent public accountants.

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 90-A, L.P.
                        (A Delaware Limited Partnership)

                         STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL
                                   (Unaudited)




                                    Managing
                                    general        Limited
                                    partner        partners          Total
                                  -----------     -----------     -----------

Balance at January 1, 1995        $    32,653     $ 3,233,970     $ 3,266,623

    Distributions                        (899)        (89,047)        (89,946)

    Net loss                             (297)        (30,094)        (30,391)
                                   ----------      ----------      ----------

Balance at March 31, 1995         $    31,457     $ 3,114,829     $ 3,146,286
                                   ==========      ==========      ==========


Balance at January 1, 1996        $    22,444     $ 2,213,917     $ 2,236,361

    Distributions                        (878)        (78,333)        (79,211)

    Net income                            536          53,045          53,581
                                   ----------      ----------      ----------

Balance at March 31, 1996         $    22,102     $ 2,188,629     $ 2,210,731
                                   ==========      ==========      ==========




         The financial information included herein has been prepared by
          management without audit by independent public accountants.

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 90-A, L.P.
                        (A Delaware Limited Partnership)

                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                   (Unaudited)




                                                       Three months ended
                                                            March 31,
                                                      1996            1995
                                                  -----------     -----------
Cash flows from operating activities:

 Net income (loss)                                $    53,581     $   (30,391)
 Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to
  net cash provided by operating activities:
    Depletion and amortization                         51,775         120,307
  Changes in assets and liabilities:
    Increase in accounts receivable                   (14,547)         (4,804)
    Increase (decrease) in accounts payable           (18,487)          2,066
                                                   ----------      ----------

     Net cash provided by operating activities         72,322          87,178

Cash flows from investing activities:

  Additions to oil and gas properties                    (264)         (3,403)

Cash flows from financing activities:

  Cash distributions to partners                      (79,211)        (89,946)
                                                   ----------      ----------

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents              (7,153)         (6,171)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period      118,751         116,292
                                                   ----------      ----------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period        $   111,598     $   110,121
                                                   ==========      ==========


         The financial information included herein has been prepared by
          management without audit by independent public accountants.

   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 90-A, L.P.
                        (A Delaware Limited Partnership)

                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 March 31, 1996
                                   (Unaudited)


NOTE 1.

Parker  &  Parsley  90-A,  L.P.  (the  "Registrant")  is a  limited  partnership
organized in 1990 under the laws of the State of Delaware.

The Registrant  engages  primarily in oil and gas  development and production in
the  Spraberry  Trend area of West  Texas and is not  involved  in any  industry
segment other than oil and gas.

NOTE 2.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial statements as of March 31,
1996 of the Registrant  include all adjustments and accruals  consisting only of
normal recurring accrual adjustments which are necessary for a fair presentation
of the results for the interim  period.  However,  these interim results are not
necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

The  financial  statements  should  be read in  conjunction  with the  financial
statements and the notes thereto  contained in the  Registrant's  Report on Form
10-K for the year ended  December 31,  1995,  as filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission,  a copy of which is  available  upon request by writing to
Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice President,  303 West Wall, Suite 101, Midland, Texas
79701.

Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
            and Results of Operations(1)

The Registrant  was formed April 30, 1990. On January 1, 1995,  Parker & Parsley
Development  L.P.  ("PPDLP"),  a Texas  limited  partnership,  became  the  sole
managing general partner of the Registrant, by acquiring the rights and assuming
the obligations of Parker & Parsley Development Company ("PPDC"). PPDLP acquired
PPDC's rights and  obligations as managing  general partner of the Registrant in
connection  with  the  merger  of  PPDC,  P&P  Producing,   Inc.  and  Spraberry
Development  Corporation  into MidPar  L.P.,  which  survived  the merger with a
change of name to PPDLP.  PPDLP has the power and  authority to manage,  control
and  administer  all  Registrant  affairs.   The  limited  partners  contributed
$6,811,000 representing 6,811 interests ($1,000 per interest) sold to a total of
525 limited partners.

Since its formation, the Registrant has invested $5,500,196 in various prospects
that were drilled in Texas.  One well was sold in 1993.  At March 31, 1996,  the
Registrant had 26 producing oil and gas wells.

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Results of Operations

Revenues:

The  Registrant's  oil and gas revenues  increased to $184,646 from $182,544 for
the three  months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995,  respectively.  The increase in
revenues  resulted from a 10% increase in the average price  received per barrel
of oil and a 14% increase in the average price  received per mcf of gas,  offset
by a 10%  decrease in barrels of oil  produced and sold and a 7% decrease in mcf
of gas  produced and sold.  For the three  months  ended March 31,  1996,  6,676
barrels  of oil were  sold  compared  to 7,407 for the same  period  in 1995,  a
decrease of 731 barrels.  For the three months ended March 31, 1996,  25,893 mcf
of gas were sold  compared to 27,989 for the same period in 1995,  a decrease of
2,096 mcf. The decrease in  production  volumes was primarily due to the decline
characteristics of the Registrant's oil and gas properties. Management expects a
certain  amount of decline in  production  to continue  in the future  until the
Registrant's economically recoverable reserves are fully depleted.

The average price received per barrel of oil increased $1.73 from $17.21 for the
three  months  ended  March 31, 1995 to $18.94 for the same period in 1996 while
the average price  received per mcf of gas increased from $1.97 during the three
months  ended March 31, 1995 to $2.25 in 1996.  The market price for oil and gas
has been extremely volatile in the past decade, and management expects a certain
amount of volatility to continue in the foreseeable  future.  The Registrant may
therefore  sell its future oil and gas  production  at average  prices  lower or
higher than that received during the three months ended March 31, 1996.

Costs and Expenses:

Total costs and expenses  decreased to $132,482 for the three months ended March
31,  1996 as compared  to  $214,585  for the same period in 1995,  a decrease of
$82,103, or 38%. This decrease was due to declines in production costs,  general
and administrative expenses ("G&A"),  depletion and amortization of organization
costs.

Production  costs were  $75,168  for the three  months  ended March 31, 1996 and
$88,111 for the same period in 1995  resulting  in a $12,943  decrease,  or 15%.
This  decrease  was  primarily  due to a decline in well repair and  maintenance
costs.

G&A's  components are  independent  accounting and  engineering  fees,  computer
services,  postage and managing  general partner  personnel  costs.  During this
period, G&A decreased, in aggregate,  10% from $6,167 for the three months ended
March 31, 1995 to $5,539 for the same period in 1996. The Partnership  agreement
limits G&A to 3% of gross oil and gas revenues.

Depletion  was $51,775  for the three  months  ended March 31, 1996  compared to
$119,589 for the same period in 1995.  This  represented a decrease in depletion
of $67,814, or 57%, primarily  attributable to the adoption of the provisions of
Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  121,  "Accounting  for the
Impairment of  Long-Lived  Assets and for  Long-Lived  Assets to be Disposed Of"
effective  for the fourth  quarter of 1995 and the  reduction of net  depletable
basis resulting from the charge taken upon such adoption.  Depletion is computed

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property-by-property  utilizing  the  unit-of-production  method  based upon the
dominant mineral produced,  generally oil. Oil production  decreased 731 barrels
for the three  months  ended March 31, 1996 from the same period in 1995,  while
oil reserves of barrels were revised downward by 21,993 barrels, or 6%.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating  activities decreased to $72,322 during the three
months ended March 31, 1996, a 17% decrease from the same period ended March 31,
1995. This decrease was due to a decline in oil and gas sales receipts and by an
increase in expenditures for production costs. The decrease in oil and gas sales
receipts  was due to the decline in barrels of oil and mcf of gas  produced  and
sold. The increase in production  cost  expenditures  was due to additional well
repair and maintenance costs incurred in an effort to stimulate well production.

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

The Registrant's  principal  investing  activities during the three months ended
March 31, 1996 were for repair and  maintenance  activity on various oil and gas
properties.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

Cash  was  sufficient  for the  three  months  ended  March  31,  1996 to  cover
distributions to the partners of $79,211 of which $78,333 was distributed to the
limited partners and $878 to the managing  general partner.  For the same period
ended March 31, 1995, cash was sufficient for  distributions  to the partners of
$89,946 of which $89,047 was distributed to the limited partners and $899 to the
managing general partner.

It is expected  that future net cash  provided by operating  activities  will be
sufficient for any capital expenditures and any distributions. As the production
from the properties declines, distributions are also expected to decrease.

- - ---------------

(1)    "Item 2. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
       Results of Operations"  contains forward looking  statements that involve
       risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that the
       actual  events and  results  will not be  materially  different  than the
       anticipated results described in the forward looking statements.


                           Part II. Other Information

Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)   Exhibits - none
(b)   Form 8-K - none
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                           PARKER & PARSLEY 90-A, L.P.
                        (A Delaware Limited Partnership)



                               S I G N A T U R E S



       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                     PARKER & PARSLEY 90-A, L.P.

                               By:   Parker & Parsley Development L.P.,
                                     Managing General Partner

                                     By:   Parker & Parsley Petroleum USA, Inc.
                                           ("PPUSA"), General Partner




Dated:  May 13, 1996           By:    /s/ Steven L. Beal
                                     -------------------------------------
                                     Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice President
                                     and Chief Financial Officer of PPUSA



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