FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. . 2r 



CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



BY PROF. FRANK H. SNOW, OF KANSAS UNIVERSITY. 



The following list of birds is based upon the personal observa- 

 tions of the author during a residence of six years in Kansas. Val- 

 uable assistance has been rendered by a few friends of ornithology 

 in Kansas, among whom special mention should be made of Edwin 

 A. Popenoe, of Topeka, and Geo. F. Gaumer and Nelson J. Stephens,, 

 of Lawrence. Acknowledgments are also due to T. M. Brewer, M.D.» 

 of Boston, for important additions. The notes in quotation marks 

 were furnished by him. The list already contains two hundred and 

 eighty-two species, representing thirty-nine families, and is being 

 constantly enlarged. The entire number of species will undoubt- 

 edly reach three hundred. In this catalogue, one hundred and 

 twenty-seven birds known to breed in Kansas are marked with an 

 asterisk (*). 



This edition contains important additions by Prof. S. F. Baird, of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, and Prof. J. A. Allen, of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, whose names are appended to 

 their respective contributions. The author is also indebted to these 

 gentlemen for valuable notes upon some of the birds enumerated. 



VULTURIDAE — VULTURKS. 



I.* Calhartes aura. Turkey Buzzard. Common, and comparatively tame, approaching 



quite near to farm houses and towns. 



Falconidae — Hawks and Eagles. 

 2.* Falco anatum. Duck Hawk. Not common. Found breeding near Fort Hays, by 



J. A. Allen. 



3. Hypotriorchis columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. Common. 



4. Hypotriorchis Richardsonii. Richardson's Merlin. Baird. 



5. Falco polyagrus. Prairie Falcon. Rare in winter. 



6.* Tinnunculus sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. Very common. 



7. Astur alrlcapillus. Tlie Goshawk. Not common. A fine adult specimen in the col- 

 lection of Dr. W. H. Saunders, of Lawrence. 

 S. Accipiter Cooperii. Cooper's Hawk. Not common. 



9. Accipiter fuscus. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Occasional. 



10. Buteo Swainsonii. Swainson's Hawk. Two undoubted specimens of this " far west- 



ern " bird are in my collection. They were collected within five miles of Lawrence. 

 10a. Buteo insignatus. Brown Hawk. Now considered to be the same as the preceding. 



1 1. Buteo Harlani. Black Warrior. A pair of these rare birds appeared within one mile 



of Lawrence, in October, 1871. The male, an adult, was captured by Nelson J. 



Stephens, in a plumage not seen before. 

 12.''^ BiUeo boiealis. Red tailed Hawk. Common in timber. 

 12a. Buteo montanus. -Western Red-tail. A single specimen was taken in December, 



1871, by William Osburn, of Lawrence. Generally considered to be the same 



species as the preceding. 



