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Contopus Ticliardsonii, (No. 184): "This species was included in 

 Goss's first edition, but evidently upon insufficient evidence, for it 

 was omitted from the second edition." 



24. Picicorvus cohmibianus, ( No. 196.) I claim the first authen- 

 tic record for this species. Mr. L. L. Jewell, of Irving, Kan., in Au- 

 gust, 1888, sent me for identification the wings and tail of a specimen 

 taken in Marshall county by Mr. Charles Metz. I identified the spe- 

 cies, and subsequently reported to Colonel Goss this interesting addi- 

 tion to our avifauna. It seems that Mr. Jewell at a later date sent a 

 portion of the skin of the same specimen to Colonel Goss, as recorded 

 in his History of the Birds of Kansas, page 386. 



25. Icterus hullocki, Bullock's Oriole, (No. 206.) In his remarks 

 concerning this species. Professor Lantz readies the maximum of in- 

 justice towards the author of the present paper. He incorrectly 

 states that I included this species in my third edition on the author- 

 ity of Dr. S. W. Williston, but did not so credit it. The fact is that 

 I included it in all four of my editions, upon my own authority, from 

 two specimens taken by my own students, working under my own 

 direction. The first of these specimens was taken in the timber along 

 the Wakarusa river, four miles south of Lawrence, by student Geo. F. 

 Gaumer, May 16, 1871. It was a young male, and is No. 136 of my 

 collection of skins. The second specimen was a female, taken in the 

 same locality, five days later. May 21, 1871, by student Charles Ken- 

 nedy, and is No. 137 of my skin collection. And yet Professor Lantz 

 states that "the entire lack of authentic specimens taken in the state 

 had made Colonel Goss and others reluctant to include this bird in 

 catalogues." Why, then, did he graciously "permit Snow, 1872, to 

 stand"? 



26. Scolecophagus earolinus, ( No. 207,) is credited to "Snow, 1872, 

 on authority of Doctor Brewer." In my third edition, 1875, it was 

 inserted on my own authority, from a specimen taken by Dr. Louis 

 Watson, at Ellis, October 29, 1875. The skin is No. 607 of my col- 

 lection. 



27. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus, (No. 208,) is credited to "Snow, 

 1872, on authority of Doctor Brewer." It was in my third edition, 

 1875, on my own authority, from five specimens taken at Ellis by 

 Doctor Watson, September 18, 23, and 25, 1875. Their skins are Nos. 

 545, 546, 547, 548 and 573 of my collection. 



28. Carpodacus purpureus, (No. 212,) is credited to "Snow, 1872, 

 on authority of Doctor Brewer." It was in my third edition, 1875, on 

 my own authority, a male specimen having been taken in the timber 

 along the Kansas river, April 17, 1874, by my student, Bion H. Bar- 

 nett. It is No. 343 of my collection of Kansas bird skins. 



