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NOTES OF 1904 ON THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



By F. II. Snow, University of Kansas, Lawrence. 

 Read before the Academy, at Topeka, December 30, 1904. 



X WISH to record the addition of three si^ecies to tlie bird fauna of 

 -*- Kansas. 



I. The Parasitic J.eger { Stercoral' lus parasiticus Linn.) A 

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

 Lawrence on October iO, 1898, by Banks Brown. The specimen was 

 mounted by Leveret t A. Adams and is now in the museum of the Uni- 

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

 as "seen" or "likely to occur in Kansas," is an absolute aildition to 

 our avifauna. 



II. The White-winged Crossbill {Loxia leucop'era Gmel.) 

 This species was included in the early editions of my "Catalogue of 

 the Birds of Kansas" on the authority of Dr. T. M. Brewer, and was 

 omitted from my fifth edition ( May, 1903,) because its occurrence in 

 Kansas had not been verified by actual specimens. I am glad to re- 

 port two recent captures. The first was that of an adult male in fall 

 plumage, shot by Leverett A. Adams, near Lawrence, in Douglas 

 county, November 4, 1899. Tliis specimen, mounted by E. D. Bunker, 

 is now in the museum of the University of Kansas. The second cap- 

 ture was that of a young male, taken at Hays City, in Ellis county, in 

 western Kansas, September 15, 1902, by C. W. Miller, who has the 

 specimen in his own collection. 



III. The Groove-billed Ani {Crotophaga sulcirostris Swains.) 

 A specimen of this bird was captured by a farmer near Emporia about 

 November J, 1904. It is in the collection of the Kansas State Normal 

 School, and was reported to me by Prof. L. C. Wooster, of that insti- 

 tution. This is the first instance known of the occurrence of this 

 species north of the Lower Rio Grande, in Texas. 



These three additions increase the number of sjaecies and varieties 

 of birds whose actual occurrence in Kansas has been verified by me 

 to 348. 



