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=^229. Parus bicolor Linn. Tufted Titmouse. Resident; common. 



*230. Parus atricapillus Linn. Cliickadee. Resident; common. 



*231. Parus atricapillus septentrionalis (Harris). Long-tailed Chickadee. 



Resident, but not so common as the last named. 

 232. Regulus calendula (Linn.) Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Migratorj'; common. 

 *233. Polioptila caerulea (Linn.) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Summer resident; 



rare. In migration common. Two nests found. 

 234. Mj'adestes townsendii (Aud.) Townsend's Solitaire. Winter resident; 

 rare. A single specimen was taken by Doctor Blachly. 

 *235. Turdus mustelinus Gmel. Wood Thrush. Summer resident; abundant. 

 236. Turdus ustulatus swainsonii (Cab.) Olive-backed Thrush. Migratory; 



common from 1st to 10th of May. 

 *237. Merula migratoria (Linn.) American Robin. Resident; abundant. 

 *238. Sialia sialis (Linn.) Bluebird. Resident; common. 



239. Sialia arctica (Swains.) Mountain Bluebird. Winter sojourner; not 



uncommon. 



240. (In doubt.) Coccothraustes vespertina (Coop.) Evening Grosbeak. 



Winter visitant; rare. A single bird, seen December 5, 1888, was 

 identified as of this species. I could not secure the specimen, but a 

 long and careful estimate of its characteristics at fair range of vision 

 satisfied me at the time as to its identity. My only doubt grows out 

 of the fact that the bird was alone when seen. 



I have omitted Bullock's Oriole, Icterus bullocki (Swains.), from the fore- 

 going list. I am satisfied that the bird has not been seen in this locality. 

 The report made by me to Prof. W. W. Cooke, In 1883, was based upon the 

 observations of another person. I subsequently satisfied myself of the fact 

 that the person was in error; but the report had been forwarded to Professor 

 Cooke. It crept into the "Report on Bird Migration in the Mississippi 

 Valley," and although I had personally called the attention of Colonel Goss 

 to the error, he failed to remember it in preparing his "Histoi-y of the Birds of 

 Kansas" for the press. The authority for including this bird in the list of 

 Kansas birds, so far as I know, rests solely on the early catalogue of Pro- 

 fessor Snow. 



