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KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



Lark finch. 



Black-throated bunting. 

 Blue grosbeak. 

 Indigo bird.'- 

 Red bird. 

 Chewink. 

 Cowbird. 



Red-winged blackbird. 

 Meadow lark. 

 Western lark. 

 Orchard oriole. 

 Baltimore oriole. 

 Crow blackbird. 

 Crow. 

 Blue jay. 

 King-bird. 



Great-crested flycatcher.* 

 Wood pewee.* 

 Whippoorwill.* 

 Nuttall's whippoorwill.* 

 Night hawk. 

 Chimney swallow. 

 Humming bird. 

 Kingfisher. 

 Yellow-billed cuckoo. 

 Black woodcock. 

 Hairy woodpecker. 

 Downy woodpecker. 



Red-bellied woodpecker. 



Red-headed woodpecker. 



Golden-winged woodpecker. 



Great horned owl. 



Screech owl* 



Barred owl. 



Marsh hawk. 



Sparrow hawk. 



Red-tailed hawk. 



Bald eagle. 



Turkey buzzard. 



Carolina dove. 



Prairie chicken. 



Turkey. 



Quail. 



Kildeer plover. 



Field plover. 



Solitary tattler.* 



Long-billed curlew. 



Great blue heron. 



White heron.* 



Green heron. 



Bittern. 



King rail. 



Little black rail. 



Coot. 



Wood duck. 



Hooded merganser (?)* — 80. 



List of winter residents only. Those marked with a * are rare. 



Northern waxwing.* 

 Butcher bird.* 

 Lapland longspur. 

 Black snow-bird. 



Golden eagle. 

 Tree sparrow. 

 Harris's sparrow.- 



A PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF KANSAS REPTILES AND 



BATRACHIANS. 



BY F. W. CRAGIN, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



The object of this catalogue is to give a condensed view of the present state 

 of our knowledge concerning the herpetological fauna of Kansas. As this 

 object would not otherwise be fully accomplished, I incorporate in the list of 

 reptiles and batrachians already observed in the State, the names of such 

 others as cannot reasonably be doubted to occur there; and append to this a 

 supplementary list, comprising the names of species whose future identifica- 

 tion in Kansas there is more or less reason to anticipate, giving with each 

 name the principal evidence upon which it is included. 



Among those who have kindly assisted me in the preparation of this cata- 

 logue, I am most indebted to Prof. E. A. Popenoe, of the Kansas State 

 Agricultural College, whose warm and constant interest in my work has 

 been shown in a most practical manner by the sending of many notes and 

 specimens. Acknowledgments are also due to Prof. F. H. Snow, of the 



