116 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
A LIST OF BIRDS SEEN IN DICKINSON COUNTY, KANSAS, 
FROM AUGUST, 1898, TO AUGUST, 1900. 
BY D. E. LANTZ, MANHATTAN, 
Read before the Academy December 28, 1900. 
During my two years’ residence in Dickinson county my opportunities for field 
observations were limited, and they were consequently casual and far from sys- 
tematic. They were confined principally to the eastern part of the county, in 
the vicinity of Chapman. This place has an elevation of 1053 feet above sea- 
level and is in the flood plain of the Smoky Hill river. The native timber is con- 
fined to a fringe on the banks of the river itself and along the streams which 
flow into it. Orchards and plantations are numerous. 
The limestone formation of the hills bordering the river valley shows a ten- 
dency here and there to give way to the sandstone of the Solomon valley. At 
intervals there are sand-hills partly covered by a dense growth of the sand-plum, 
Prunus watsoni (Sarg.) 
The avifauna of this part of the county shows no striking changes from that 
found at Manhattan. The birds are decidedly those of the eastern part of the 
state, with fewer of the woodland species. The Arkansas Kingbird, Tyrannus 
verticalis (Say), of which a single pair were seen, was the only bird observed of 
which I have no Manhattan record. The list which follows is far from a com- 
plete one, and is offered only as a contribution toward a better knowledge of the 
distribution of our Kansas birds in the state. One hundred and thirty-three 
species are recorded, of which seventy-six are summer resident and probably 
breed in the county. = 
1. 4. Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heerm.) American Eared Grebe. 
A specimen seen in the hands of a boy, who had shot it on a pond. 
2. 6. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.) Pied-billed Grebe. Probably breeds; 
a few seen. 
3. 54. Larus delawarensis (Ord.) Ring-billedGull. Migratory; seen along 
the Smoky Hill river. 
4. 69. Sterna forsteri(Nutt.) Forster’sTern. Migratory; seen flying along 
the river. 
5. 77. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis(Gmel.) BlackTern. Migratory. 
6. 125. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus (Gmel.) American White Pelican. 
Migratory ; common. 
7. 132. Anas boschas(Linn.) Mallard. Seen in migration only. 
8. 137. Mareca americana (Gmel.) Baldpate. Seen on Chapman creek. 
9: 139. Nettion carolinensis (Gmel.) Green-winged Teal. A common mi- 
grant. 
10. 140. Querquedula discors (Linn.) Blue-winged Teal. A common mi- 
grant. 
11. 143. Dafila acuta (Linn.) Pintail. Migratory; one of the few species 
that can be distinguished when flying, although distant from the observer. 
12. 146. Aythya americana (Eyt.) Red-head. Migratory. 
13. 150. Aythyacollaris (Donoy.) Ring-necked Duck. Migratory; seen in 
the possession of hunters. 
