86 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 112 



of milkweed. Looking straight at it. tliere it is, — the tender, mo- 

 tionless baby-bird. I quickly leave the mother to her babe alone. 

 I have seen the worm-eating warbler, and found her a summer 

 resident of this locality. 



80. Spizclla passeriua ixisscriiia — Chipping Sparrow. 



81. SiJiza avicricana — Dickcissel. 



82. Ceryle alcyon — Belted Kingfisher. 



Comparative Study 

 Comparison of my notes with the check lists and notes on the 

 birds of Kansas cited in the List of References, discloses a few 

 items of interest. 



1. Birds listed as migrants in eastern Kansas. 



(a) Northern Flicker. 



(b) Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



(c) Hermit Thrush. 



(d) Blue Goose. 



(e) Black-billed Cuckoo. 



(f) Canada Warbler. 



(g) Worm-eating Warbler. 



2. New records. 



(a) Louisiana Tanager. One summer-resident pair. 



(b) Golden-cheeked Warbler. One summer-resident pair. 



(c) Worm-eating Warbler as a summer-resident. 



List of References 



1. The Birds of Kansas. 



C. D. Bunker. 



The Kansas University Science Bulletin. Vol. VIL No. 5, 



June, 1913. 

 Lawrence, Kansas. 



2. Migration Records for Kansas Birds. 

 Douthitt, Bessie Price. 



The Wilson Bulletin. Vol. XXX, No. 4, December, 1918. 

 Vol. XXXI, No. 1, March. 1919. Vol. XXXI, No. 2, Juno, 

 1919. 



Oberlin. Ohio. 

 3. The Birds and Mammals of Nebraska. 



Swenk, Myron H. 



The University of Nebraska. Contributions from the De- 

 partment of Entomology No. 23. 



Lincoln, Nebraska. 

 4. Color Key to North American Birds. Revised Edition, 1912. 



Chapman. Frank. 



D. Appleton & Co., New York City, N. Y.' 



