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half-dozen specimens of this species taken in Eastern Kansas differ from 

 any I have seen from the Atlantic States in having a much larger and 

 more swollen beak. It is a little smaller than that of the Cape St. Lucas 

 form (C. "igneus "), in this respect being about half-way between the lat- 

 ter and the race of the Atlantic States. The color of the males is not quite 

 so deep as in specimens from Florida. 



03. * Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Abundant. Nests with eggs were 

 found about May Gtk and later. The song of this species was generally 

 very different from that of the eastern bird, though occasionally it was 

 indistinguishable from that of eastern individuals. Iiather mure white 

 on the wings than in eastern specimens. 



ICTERIDJE. 



C4. *Molothrus pecoris. Very abundant. Generally seen lurking 

 among the bushes in search of bird's nests in which to deposit its eggs. 

 Plumage appreciably darker than at the north. 



65. *Agelaeus phceniceus. Common. 



CG. * Xanthocephalus icterocephalus. Several times seen around 

 the prairie marshes at Topeka, where it was said to be common. 



67. *Sturnella ludoviciana. Common. Several very pale-colored 

 specimens were taken. It has here the song and generally the plumage of 

 the so-called S. neglecta.* 



08. * Icterus Baltimore. Common ; chiefly frequenting the forests. 

 The notes of the Baltimores here are very peculiar, many of them being 

 entirely unlike any of those of their eastern representative. 



69. * Icterus spurius. Abundant. 



70. * Quiscalus purpureus. Abundant. 



CORVIDJE. 



71. *Corvus americanus. Common. Young full grown taken at 

 Topeka, May 23 d. 



* Dr. Otto Finsch, in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society (1870, p. 573), in 

 speaking of the species of Sturnella, says: " The separation of the Stui-nellce into five 

 localized species, as Dr. Sclater endeavored to set forth (Ibis, 1861, p. 179), in which he 

 was followed by Mr. Cassin (Proc. Ac. Phil., I860, pp. 23, 24), seems to me to be in- 

 admissible; nobody can distinguish the so-called species from the short diagnoses given 



as above cited Dr. Cabanis (J. f. Orn., 1850, p. 14, et 1861, p. 10), after having 



examined specimens from North America, Cuba, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Guiana, 

 comes to the conclusion that there is only one species; and I believe this opinion is quite 

 right." These remarks of Dr. Finsch antedate by a few months my revision of this 

 group published in April, 1871 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. II, pp. 288-291), in which 

 I came to the same conclusion. The part of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society 

 containing Dr. Finsch's article had not then reached this country, and I am gratified to 

 find that my own opinions on this point coincide with those of such high ornithological 

 authorities. 



