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97. Bartramia longicauda Bechet. Bartramian Sandpiper. A common summer 



resident. 



98. Tryngites subruficoUis Vieill. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Migratory; rare. 



99. Actitis macularia Linn. Spotted Sandpiper. A rare summer resident; 



an abundant migrant. 



100. Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlew. A rare summer resi- 



dent; a common migrant. 



101. Numenius borealis Forst. Eskimo Curlew. Migratory ; abundant. 



XVIII. — Family Charadriid.e. Plovers. 



102. Charadrius dominicus Miill. American Golden Plover. Migratory; 



common. 



103. ^gialitis vocifera Linn. Kill-deer. An abundant summer resident. 



104. ^gialitis semipalmata Bonap. Setnipalmated Plover. Migratory; not 



common. 



105. ^gialitis nivosa Cass. Snowy Plover. A rare summer resident in south- 



western Kansas. 



106. ^gialitis montana Towns. Mountain Plover. A common summer resi- 



dent. 



107. Arenaria interpres Linn. Turnstone. Accidental. A single specimen, 



taken by Mr. F. E. Forbes, of Topeka, on the Kansas river, August 

 16, 1898, was sent to me for determination. New to the Kansas bird 

 fauna. 



XIX. — Tetraonid,^. Grouse, Partridges, Quail. 



108. Colinus virginianus Linn. Bob-white. An abundant resident. 



109. Colinus virginianus texanus Lawr. Texas Bob-white. A very rare resi- 



dent in southwestern Kansas: formerly not uncommon. 



110. Bonasa umbellus Linn. Ruffed Grouse. A very rare resident in eastern 



Kansas. 



111. Tympanuchus americanus Reich. Prairie Hen. Formerly an abundant 



resident; still common in some parts of central Kansas. 



112. Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Ridgw. Lesser Prairie Hen. A rare resident 



in southwestern Kansas. 



113. Peditecetes phasianellus campestris Ridgw. Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse. 



A common resident in western Kansas. 



XX. — Family Phasianid.??;. Pheasants. 



114. Meleagris gallopavo Linn. Wild Turkey. Once an abundant resident 



now extremely rare, if not already extinct, in southwestern Kansas. 



XXI.— Family Columbid.e. Pigeons. 



115. Ectopistea migratorius Linn. Passenger Pigeon. A very rare summer 



resident; once abundant. 



116. Zenaidura macroura Linn. Mourning Dove. An abundant summer resi- 



dent. 



XXII. — Family Cathartid.t-.. American Vultures. 



117. Cathartes aura Linn. Turkey Vulture. An abundant summer resident. 



118. Catharista urubu Vieill. Black Vulture. A very rare summer resident. 



