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had ever been taken in the state, and as Kansas is entirely out 

 of their range, they are omitted from the following list, which 

 is primarily based upon Doctor Snow's fifth edition of the 

 Birds of Kansas. Revisions have been made where present- 

 day nomenclature demanded, and the descriptive notes have 

 been changed in some places, since the shifting conditions in 

 bird life change with each decade, and more study has brought 

 new information. 



I. Family COLYMBIDjE. Grebes. 



1. .iEchmophorus occiden talis (Lawr. ). Western Grebe. Accidental; 

 one collected in Shawnee county, November 8, 1901, by Robert Maxwell. 

 In the University mounted collection. 



2. Colymbus holbcelli (Reinhardt). Holbcell's Grebe. Occasional; 

 added to the list October 29, 1910, by Logan Evans, Lawrence, Kan. In 

 the University mounted collection, new to the list. Not in Doctor Snow's 

 catalogue. 



3. Colymbus auritus (Linn.). Horned Grebe. Migratory; rare. One 

 collected in Nickerson county, November 15, 1906, by Mr. K. C. Beck. In 

 museum skin collection. 



4. Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heerm.). Eared Grebe. Migra- 

 tory. 



5. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). Pied-billed Grebe. A rare summer 

 resident; an abundant migrant. 



II. Family GAVIID^. Loons. 



6. Gavia immer (Brunn.). Loon. Migratory; rare. 



HI. Family STERCORARIID^. Skuas and Jaegers. 



7. Stercorarius parasiticus (Linn.). Parasitic Jaejer. Accidental. 

 "A young male of this species was captured along the Kansas river, near 

 Lawrence, on October 10, 1908, by Banks Brown. This specimen was 

 mounted by Leverett A. Adams, and is now in the Museum of the Uni- 

 versity of Kansas. This species not having been previously reported as 

 'seen' or iikely to occur in Kansas,' is an absolute addition to our avi- 

 fauna." — Quoted from Doctor Snow's Notes of 1904 on Birds of Kansas, 

 published in volume XIX, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 

 page 263. 



IV. Family LARID^. Gulls and Terns. 



8. Larus argentatus (Portoppidan) . Herring Gull. Migi-atory; rare. 



9. Larus californicus (Lawr.). California Gull. Quoted as accidental 

 by Doctor Snow. No Kansas collected specimen in the Kansas Museum. 



10. Larus delawarensis (Ord). Ring-billed Gull. Migratory; fre- 

 quent. 



11. Larus atricilla (Linn.). Laughing Gull. Migratory; occasional. 

 The first was collected in 1888 in Douglas county. Five moi-e have been 



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