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cealment. No other nests were observed. These birds are known 

 locally as Scissor-tails and Birds of Paradise. 



The males collected have the inner webs of the outer pair of 

 rectrices slightly constricted for a short distance above the termi- 

 nal black tip. In addition the outer webs of these same feathers 

 are broadened distally, forming a somewhat expanded tip. The 

 single female examined has no trace of a concealed colored area on 

 the crown. 



23. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus). — Kingbird. 



A common species. No other kingbird was found about Minco. 



24. Myiarclius crinitus (Linnaeus).- — Crested Flycatcher. 



A common bird in the shade-trees of Minco and in the small 

 groves scattered through the country. On June 1 a female started 

 a nest in a bird house placed on a pole in a garden at my uncle's 

 home in town. The male gave no assistance in carrying material. 



25. MyiocJianes virens (Linnaeus). — Wood Pewee. 



Tolerably common; breeding. An adult male was collected on 

 May 23. 



26. Empidonax virescens (Vieillot). — Acadian Flycatcher. 

 One seen on May 31. 



27. Otocoris alpestris Icucolacma (Coues). — Desert Horned Lark. 

 Common, breeding. These Homed Larks were found everywhere 



across the rolling prairie, especially on the higher portions away 

 from streams. A few frequented cornfields in which plant growth 

 Avas still small. Males were singing constantly, and to my ear the 

 gong was slightly different from that of 0. a. j^raticola of eastern 

 Kansas. Once I watched a male singing in flight as he sustained 

 himself against a strong wind for three or four minutes and then 

 pitched quickly to earth. Broods of young with their parents were 

 seen in the roads on June 2. A male and a female were collected on 

 May 24, and another female was taken May 25. The male, while 

 not typical, is nearer lencolacma than vraticola, toward which it 

 tends. There is practically no yellow in the superciliary stripe, 

 but above it is much paler than breeding males of proticoJa from 

 Independence, Kansas. The females resemble typical leticolaema 

 much more closely than does the male. They are very slightly 

 darker than the average of that form, but may be distinguished as 

 leucolaema without hesitation. Mr. H. C. Oberholser has been kind 

 in examining these birds for me. 



28. Cyanocitta cristata cristata (Linnaeus). — Blue Jay. 

 Tolerably common. Seen on May 25 and 27. 



29. Corviis hrachyhynchos Brehm. — Crow. 



Tolerably common. Crows were seen on May 24 and 28. No 

 specimens were taken. Examination of breeding birds will prob- 



