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2. Hdmitherus vemiivorus — Wormeating Warbler. A single specimen wRvS taken at 

 Lawrence May 6, 1873, by Mis8 Lizzie Yeagley, the bird having fiown into the house 

 through an open window. 



3. Dendroeca striata — Black Poll Warbler. Several specimens were found dead (May 

 21, 1873, by Geo. F. Gaumer), having in migration dashed against the walls of the old 

 University building during the severe storm of the preceding night. 



4. Dendroeca maadosa — Black and Yellow Warbler. One specimen, contributed by W. 

 J. McLaughlin, of Centralia. 



5. Ampelis garrulus — Northern Waxwing. A single specimen, taken at Fort Riley, by 

 Dr. Hammond, is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. This 

 bird, a native of British America, is never found so far south as Kansas, except in ex- 

 tremely cold weather. 



6. Micropalama himantopus — -Stilt Sandpiper. Several specimens were taken near 

 Lawrence, September 9 and 19, 1874, by W. Osburn. This species was taken in Montana 

 last summer by Dr. Coues. 



7. Calidris arenaria — Sanderling. A single specimen was taken at Lawrence by W. 

 E. Stevens, October 7, 1874. Dr. Coues writes that this species has never before been 

 known in the interior, except along the great lakes. 



8. Larus Delawarensis — Ring-billed Gull. Taken at Lawrence, April 2, 1873, by N. 

 J. Stephens ; a second specimen was taken at Leavenworth the same week by Prof. John 

 Wherrell. 



9. Podiceps auritus, var. Californicus — The Eared Grebe. Taken near Lawrence, 

 April 24 and 26, 1873, by Joseph H. Weeks and N. J. Stephens; also April 18, 1874, by 

 C. H. Harris. This species is abundant on the Pacific coast, but has never before been 

 taken so far east of the Rocky Mountains. Dr. Coues, in the American Naturalist, notes 

 the occurrence of this bird in Montana Territory on a meridian about 300 miles west of 

 Lawrence. 



With the preceding additions, the list of Kansas birds now contains 290 species. Sports- 

 men and naturalists are solicited to co-operate with the writer in making this catalogue 

 even more complete. Rare specimens should be sent to him for preservation. 



Lawrence, January 13, 1875. 



