BIOLOGICAL PAPERS. 163 



29. Ammodramus sandwichensls alaudinus, ( No. 227, ) should 

 have been credited to "Snow, 1872," it having appeared in both my 

 first and second editions. It was omitted from my third edition, 1875, 

 as already stated, because Doctor Coues, in his Birds of the North- 

 west, made this form synonymous with the preceding, (No. 226.) 



30. Guiraca cc&rulea, ( No. 256, ) should have been credited to " Snow, 

 1875," on his own authority. The five unskinned specimens were sent 

 to me for determination by Doctor Watson, and their skins are Nos. 

 492, 498, 512, 513 and 514 of my collection. They were taken at Ellis 

 on May 17, 22, and 26, ^nd August 3, 1875. 



31. Why does Prof essor • Lantz includes in his list Cynospiza 

 amoena, (No. 258,) and omit Poospiza hilmeoAa, both species having 

 been included in "Snow, 1872, on the authority of Doctor Brewer"? 



32. Piranga rubra, (No. 264,) is credited to "Snow, 1872, on au- 

 thority of Baird." It is in my third edition, 1875, on my own authority, 

 a specimen having been taken along the Wakarusa river, near Law- 

 rence, by my student, Geo. F. Gaumer, May 16, 1871, (No. 139 of my 

 skin collection, ) and another specimen taken at Lawrence, in the 

 grove on the east flank of Mount Oread, by the hired man of Mr. H. 

 W. Baker, (No. 474 of my collection of skins.) 



33. Hirundo erythrogaster, ( No. 267, ) is credited to "Snow, 1872, 

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

 own authority, from a specimen sent me from Ellis, May 26, 1875, by 

 Dr. Louis Watson, ( No. 509 of my skin collection. ) 



34. Professor Lantz says of Lanius ludovicianus, ( No. 274, ) that 

 the only record for Kansas is "Snow, 1872, who says: 'Several typ- 

 ical specimens of this southern form have been taken.'" What I did 

 say in my 1872 editions was that "three specimens were taken in 

 January and February, 1871." I have the following specimens of 

 this species in my collection of bird skins: No. 11, taken in the Wa- 

 karusa timber, February 1, 1871, by my student, Jno. M. Walker; No. 

 12, taken at Lawrence, March 18, 1871, by student N. J. Stephens ; 

 No. 64, taken in Kanwaka, near Lawrence, March 16, 1871, by stu- 

 dent Walter Pearson ; Nos. 282 and 283, taken along the Wakarusa, 

 by student K. D. Protzman, March 7 and 18, 1874 ; and No. 448, 

 taken by student Geo. F. Gaumer in the same locality, April 1, 1875. 



35. Helminthophila celata, (No. 288,) is erroneously given as 

 "Snow, 1872, on authority of Brewer." The record of the occurrence 

 of this species in Kansas was on my own authority, from a specimen 

 taken in Wakarusa township by my student. Nelson J. Stephens, 

 April 30, 1872. It was the breeding record which was given on the 

 authority of Doctor Brewer. 



