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13.* Buteo lineatus. Red-shouldered Hawk. Rare at Lawrence. 



14. Buteo Pennsylvanicus. Broad-winged Hawk. Not common. Taken by E. U. Pren. 



tice of Topeka. 



15. Archibuteo lagopus. Rough-legged Hawk. Abundant in winter. 



16.* Nauclerus furcatus. Swallow-tailed Hawk. Rare. A pair taken in July, 1870, near 

 Lawrence, by N. Deming. 



17. Ictinia Mississippiensis. Mississippi Kite. Baird. 



18.* Circus Hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. Abundant. 



jg. Aquila Canadensis. Golden Eagle. A fine specimen of this noble bird was captured 

 alive seventeen miles from Lawrence, in January, 1869, and was kept in confine- 

 ment by the writer for nearly two years. It is now in the collection of mounted 

 specimens belonging to the University. 



20.* Haliaetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. Not rare. 

 a.\. Pandion Carolinensis. Fish Hawk. Uncommon. 



Strigidae — Owls. 

 22.* Strix pratincola. Barn Owl. Rare. 



-23.* Bubo Virginianus. Great Horned Owl. Not uncommon. 

 54.* Scops asio. Screech Owl. Abundant. 

 :25. Otus Wilsonianus. Long-eared Owl. Quite common. 



26. Brachyotus Cassinii. Short-eared owl. Common on the prairie in autumn and winter. 



27. Syrnium nebulosum. Barred Owl. Common. 

 .28. Nyctale Acadica. Saw-whet Owl. Rare. 



:29.* Athene hypog^a. Burrowing Owl. Abundant on the plains of Western Kansas. 



30. Nyctea nivea. Snowy Owl. Rare in winter. 



PSITTACIDAE — PARROTS. 



31. Conurus Carolinensis. Parakeet, Carolina Parrot. Formerly abundant in the woods 



of Eastern Kansas ; now seen occasionally in districts thinly settled. 



CucuLiDAE — Cuckoos. 

 32.* Coccygus Americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Quite common. 

 33.* Coccygus erythrophthalmus. Black-billed Cuckoo. Rare at Lawrence. Found 

 breeding near Leavenworth, by Prof. John Wherrell, in 1872. 



PiciDAE —Woodpeckers. 



34.* Picus villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. Common. 



35.* Picus pubescens. Downy Woodpecker. Abimdant. 



36. Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. " Taken in Kansas several times." 



37.* Hylotomuspileatus. Black Wood Cock. Rare. 



38.* Centurus Carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. Abundant. 



39.* Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. Abundant. Not shunning 

 man as in the Eastern States, but frequenting the cities and towns, as if domesti- 

 cated. 



-40." Colaptes auratus. Golden-winged Woodpecker. Often seen in the towns, but less 

 bold than the last species. 



40a. Colaptes hybridus. Hybrid Woodpecker. A mounted specimen is in the collection 

 of Mr. O. S. George, of Topeka. Taken also at Lawrence in October, 1872. 



.41. Colaptes Mexicanus. Red-shafted Woodpecker. Taken in December, 1872, by 

 Nelson J. Stephens, from a flock which remained for two or three weeks in the 

 timber within two miles of Lawrence. 



Trochilidae— Humming Birds. 

 ..a|2.* Ti'ochilus colubris. Ruby-throated Humming Bird. Common. 



