MENKE: list of birds of FINNEY COUNTY, KANSAS. 135 



species May 20th, 1893. June ist, '93, I shot another and observed 

 several pairs in a cottonwood grove, 4^2 miles west of Kendall, 

 Kearney county. 



Purple Martin, Progne siibis. Common summer resident. 



Cliff Swallow, retrockelidon liinifroiis. Common. 



Barn Swallow, Chelidon erythrogastcr. Abundant. 



Cedar Waxwing, Ampelis cedrorum. Occasional summer visitant. 



Northern Shrike, Lafiiiis borealis. Common winter resident. 



White-rumped Shrike, Laniiis ludoviciatius excubitorides. Summer 

 resident; common. 



Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus. Migratory; not common. 



Black and White Warbler, Mniotilta varia. One specimen taken. 



Yellow Warbler, Dendroica cestivx. Summer resident; abundant. 



Black-throated Blue Warbler, Deiidroica carulescens. Captured a 

 fine male in a deserted farm house, October 17th, 1891. 



Myrtle Warbler, Dendroica coronata. Migratory; common. 



Audubon's Warbler, Dendroica aiiduboni. Migratory; common. 



Black-poll Warbler, Dendroica striata. Migratory; not common. 



Oven-bird, Seiurus aurocapillas. Common in migration. 



Maryland Yellow-throat, Geotlilypis triclias. Two specimens. 



Yellow-breasted Chat, Icteria virens. Summer resident; common. 



Wilson's Warbler, Sxlvania ptisitla. One specimen. 



American Pipit, Aiithiis pennsylvaniciis. Common in migration. 



Mockingbird, Miniiis polyg/ottos. Summer resident; plentiful. 



Catbird, Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Common in migration. 



Brown Thrasher, HarporhyncJius riifiis. Common in migration. 



Rock Wren, Salpinctes obsoletus. Resident; not common. 



House Wren; Troglodytes cedon. Rare summer resident. 



Long-billed Marsh Wren, Cistothorus paliistris. Summer resident; 

 not common. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regultis calendula. Common in migra- 

 tion. 



Townsend's Soltaire, Jlfyadestes to7vnsendi. Rare. 



Hermit Thrush, Tardus aonalaschkie pallasi. Migratory; not 

 common. 



American Robin, Merula niigratoria. Migratory; abundant. 



Varied Thrush, Hesperocichla ncevia. One specimen; shot by my- 

 self October 17th, 1891. 



Bluebird, Sialia sialis. Resident; common. 



Mountain Bluebird, Sialia arctica. Saw a flock of four February 

 22nd, 1893, and shot one from a flock of five March 13th. 



English Sparrow, Passer donicsticus. Resident; and I am sorry to 

 say abundant. 



