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72. * Corvus corax. Frequently seen ; apparently common. 



73. *Cyanura cristata. Abundant. One of the most numerous species 

 met with. It has here a variety of notes I never noticed in the varied vo- 

 cabulary of the representatives of this species elsewhere. 



TYRANNTD^. 



74. * Tyrannus carolinensis. Abundant. 



75. * Myiarchus crinitus. Abundant. 



7G. *Sayornis fuscus. Common at Leavenworth. Darker colored 

 than at the north. 



7 7. * Contopus virens. Common. 



78. * Empidonax Traillii. Not common. 



79. Empidonax minimus. Not common. 



ALCEDINID-ai. 



80. *Ceryle alcyon. Common. 



CAPRIMULGIDJE. 



81. *Chordeiles popetue. Common. 



82. * Antrostomus vociferus. A few heard at Leavenworth. 



83. * Antrostomus Nuttallii. Common at Topeka. 



CYPSELID^. 



84. * Chaetura pelasgia. Abundant. Breeds chiefly in hollow trees. 



PICIDJE. 



85. *Picus pubescens. Common. Darker colored than further north, 

 in this respect resembling Florida specimens, and approaching the so-called 

 Picas " Gairdneri" of the Rocky Mountains. 



86. Picus villosus. Probably more or less common, but only one was 

 observed. 



87. * Centurus carolinus. Common. Those taken were very intensely 

 colored. Some of the males had the whole throat bright red. 



88. *Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Abundant. 



80. * Colaptes auratus. Abundant. Several specimens were taken, 

 with the black maxillary patch more or less tinged with red, through the 

 mixture of red feathers with the black ones, thus already showing a ten- 

 dency to the coloration of C. mexicanus, six hundred miles east of the habitat 

 of that species.* 



* Since the above was written, a specimen with red feathers in the black maxillary 

 patch has been found in the Florida collection. I have also learned of the capture of 

 a well-marked example of the so-called C " hybridus" at Topeka, February 13, 1872, 

 by Mr. 0. S. George. Mr. Edwin A. Papenoe informs me that in this specimen the 

 qirlls are "orange red," and that the feathers of the maxillary patch are tipped with 

 " <1 trk blood red," with the other characters nearly as in C. auratus. 

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