100 The Wilson Bulletin— No. 105 



tlie cliarnrter of the iiestiny;- site and the habits of the bird 

 in the iiestiiin-tiine are known, otlier nests will be found. 

 The futility of former search for the nest has ])robably 

 been due to two causes. The first is that the nesting-site 

 is unusual for a shore-bird, in that it is i)laced high up on 

 rocky plateaus far from the sea ; the second is that the 

 bird so closely resembles the environment in which the 

 nest is placed that it feels sure of escaping detection, and 

 does not Hush even when in danger of being stepped upon. 



.AIKJKATION KECORDS FOR KANSAS BIRDS. 



I'.E^SIK I'KK'K DOrTIHTT, INSTRUCTOR IN ZOC)LOGY. 

 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS^ LAWRENCE. 



I. 



Introduction. 



The list of the birds of Kansas, published in 1913, by 

 Mr. Bunker,^ showed 37!) species and subspecies that had 

 been taken or authentically observed in the state. More 

 recent nnpublished revisions conducted under his direc- 

 tion have increased the list somewhat. The large collec- 

 tion of the luusenm and the careful manner in which the 

 work has been done vouches for the reliability of these 

 results. 



Of the list of 370 as i)ul)lished 20 are accidental occur- 

 rences or are not found within the limits of the state. 

 Ten are very rare; 70 others are listed as rare; and 23 of 

 those remaining are subspecies or varieties, usually one 

 eastern and the other western in distribution, which are 

 of interest only to the taxomonist and are often not dis- 

 tinguishable except by compnting averages of many speci- 

 mens. 



While all such should be taken into account in any ex- 

 haustive list of the birds of the state it is of course incor- 

 rect to say that Kansas is pojmlated by nearly 400 species 

 of birds. It is of course often a matter of judgment as to 



^ Kansas University Science Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 5. June, 1913. 

 By C. D. Bunker. 



