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dicate this; two dots meant an unusually careful search. 

 If the fewness of those found seemed to indicate early ar- 

 rival or the last to remain, a square below was used to in- 

 dicate this. 



Unless otherwise stated the fall dates given are for the 

 year 191G, the spring dates for 1917. 



PART III. 



WATER BIRDS. 



Family COLYMBIDAE— Grebes. 



3. Colijmbus auritus — Horned Grebe. 



A rare migrant. One specimen in the museum taken November 

 15, 1906, in Rice County. 



4. Colymbus migricollis calif ornicus — Eared. Grebe. 



Not common migrant or winter resident. There are four mu- 

 seum records for this species from April 14 to 24. 



6. PodilyniMcs podiceps — Pied-billed Grebe. 



A common migrant and rare summer resident. One was taken 

 March 12 and seven between April 3 and May 13. The fall records 

 show 38 between September 10 and October 31, and one Novem- 

 ber 15. 



Family GAVIIDAE— Loons. 



7. Gavia ivimer — Loon. 



A rare migrant. There are six museum records between March 

 27 and May 23, and one for October 27. 



Family LARIDAE — Gulls and Teens. 



51. Lams argentatus — Herring Gull. 



A rare migrant and winter resident. The museum contains sev- 

 eral specimens taken in winter and one on April 12. 

 54. Lanes delawarensis — Ring-billed Gull. 



A common migrant. Kansas is within the winter range, but 

 there are no records of them in this season. The spring and fall 

 records are not sufficient to show the range of the migration sea- 

 son. Specimens were taken on March 21 and 29 and four between 

 October 12 and 22. 



59. Larus franklini — Franklin Gull. 



A rather common migrant. Seven specimens were taken by mu- 

 seum between April 1 and May 6 and four between October 20 and 

 November 1. 



60. Larus pliiladclphia — Bonaparte Gull. 



A rare migrant. The one record is for March 6, 1903. 

 '69. Sterna forstcri — Foster's Tern. 



