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158.* Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow. Common. 



159.* Spizella socialis. Chipping Sparrow. Less common than at the East. 



160.* Spizella pallida. Clay-colored Bunting. Baird. 



161.* Melospiza melodia. Song Sparrow. Common in the timber. 



162. Melospiza Lincolnii. Lincoln's Finch. " Migratory in spring and fall." 



163. * Melospiza palustris. Swamp Sparrow. Common. 



164. Peuccea Cassinii. Cassin's Finch. Allen. Near Fort Hays. 



165. Pnsserella iliaca. Fox-colored Sparrow. Common in migration. 



166. Passarella schistacea. Slate colored Sparrow. Rare ; only one specimen taken. 

 167.* Calamospiza hicolor. Lark Bunting. " Common in Middle and Western Kansas." 



Also seen in Eastern Kansas by Dr. Hoy. 

 168. •■■ Euspiza Americana. Black-throated Bunting. Abundant on the prairie. 

 169. * Guiraca Ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Common in the timber. 

 170. ■■ Guiraca melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. Allen. Near Fort Hays. 

 171.* Cyanospiza amoena. Lazuli Finch. "Western Kansas." 

 172.* Cyanospiza cyanea. Indigo Bird. Very common. 

 173.* Cardinalis Virginianus. Red Bird. Abundant and a true resident, remaining in 



winter. 

 174.* Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Ground Robin, Chewink. Common and resident. 



IcTERiDAE — Blackbirds. 

 175.* Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. Rare about Lawrence. Not uncommon in 



Osage county in 1872. 

 176."* Molothrus pecoris. Cow-bird. Abundant. 

 177.* Agelteus phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. Abundant. 

 178.* Xanthocephalus icterocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Abundant ; generally 



in the same flock with the Cow-bird. 

 l79. * Sturnella magna. Meadow Lark. Abundant. 

 i8o.* Sturnella neglecta. Western Lark. This species, though closely resembling the 



preceding, has an entirely different song, and presents certain well-marked and 



constant differences of plumage. Both species are abundant in Eastern Kansas. 

 181.* Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. Common. 

 182.* Icterus Baltimore. Baltimore Oriole. Not uncommon. 



183. Icterus BuUockii. Bullock's Oriole. Quite frequent. Five specimens taken at 



Lawrence in May and June, 187 1 ; none seen in 1872. 



184. Scolecophagus ferrugineus. Rusty Blackbird. " Migratory in spring and fall." 



185. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird. Quite common even in Eastern 



Kansas. 

 186.* Quiscalus versicolor. Crow Blackbird. Abundant, and without fear of man, often 

 nesting in the city of Lawrence. • 



CoRViDAE — Crows. 

 187.* Corvus carnivorus. American Raven. "Common on the plains of Western Kansas." 

 188.* Corvus Americanus. Common Crow. Common, and tamer than in the Eastern 

 States. 



189. "*• Pica Hudsonica. Magpie. Seen in Shawnee county, in October, 1S71, by C. E. 



Pond. Reported as breeding, by J. A. Allen. 



190. Cyanura cristata. Blue Jay. Abundant, resident ; has little fear of man, often 



nesting in Lawrence. 



CoLUMBiDAE— Pigeons. 



191. Ectopistes migratoria. Wild Pigeon. Not common. 



192.* Zensedura Carolinensis. Carolina Dove. Abundant throughout the State. 



