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AX ANNOTATED LIST OF THE lilRDS FOUND NEAR MAN- 

 HATTAN, KANSAS. 



By D. E. LANTZ, State Agricultural College. 



The following list of birds is largely based upon the results of personal 

 observations made during the past 14 years. The birds included have all been 

 captured either by myself or others within the radius of a dozen miles of 

 Manhattan. No bird is included on my own authority unless I have either 

 seen the bird alive under circumstances which fix its identity without doubt, 

 or have handled properly authenticated specimens. A few are included on the 

 authority of Dr. C. P. Blachly, to whom I am greatly indebted for the privilege 

 of verifying the identity of specimens in his collection and for notes concern- 

 ing them. 



The arrangement follows that of the Check-list of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union. The asterisk (*) is prefixed to the names of birds known 

 to breed here. 



1. Colymbus auritus Linn. Horned Grebe. Migratory; rare. Included on 



the authority of Doctor Blachly. 



2. Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heerm.) American Eared Grebe. Mi- 



gratory; not rare. 



3. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.) Pied-billed Grebe. Summer resident; 

 rare. Common in migration. 



4. Urinator imber (Guun.) Loon. Migratory; not rare. 



5. Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coues. American HeiTing Gull. Mi- 



gratory; rare. 



6. Larus delawarensis Ord. Ring-billed Gull. Migratory; common. 



7. Larus franklinii Sw. & Rich. Migratory; not rare. 



8. Larus Philadelphia (Ord.) Bonaparte's Gull. Migratory; rare. 



9. Sterna forsteri Nutt. Forster's Tern. Migratory; common. 



10. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.) Black Tern. Common in 



migration about May 1. 



11. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw. &, Rich.) Double-crested Cormorant. Mi- 



gratory; common. 



12. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Gmel. American White Pelican. Migra- 



tory; common. 



13. Merganser americanus (Cass.) American Merganser. Winter sojourner; 



not common. Several taken. 



14. Merganser serrate Linn. Red-breasted Merganser. Rare. Included on 



authority of Doctor Blachly. 



15. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.) Hooded Merganser. Resident; rare. A 



pair taken on Deep creek late in April, 1880. The female had well- 

 developed ova. 



16. Anas boschas Linn. Mallard. Resident; rare; in migration common. 



17. Anas obscura Gmel. Black Duck. Included on the authority of Doctor 



Blachly; but there is a probability of error in identity. The specimen 

 has passed from Doctor Blachly's possession, but was probably Anas 

 fulvigula maculosa (Senn.) Mottled Duck. 



18. Anas strepera Linn. Gadwall. Summer resident; rare; common in mi- 



gration. 



