ZOOLOGY, ETC. Doe 
the orders of Col. J. J. Abert, chief of the topographical bureau. Printed by 
order of the House of Representatives. Washington: Blair & Rives, printers. 
1845. 8vo, pp. 586. = 
Other editions occur. Fremont twice traversed the northern part of the state 
from east to west. The only note of interest in this connection is his statement 
in the narrative that on June 17 he saw on the Kaw river, near its mouth, a large 
number of bank swallows nesting, and that a snake was killed which had eaten 
eighteen of the young birds. The identity of the species as Clivicola riparia is 
unmistakable, since the rough-winged swallow does not breed in large colonies. 
1848. AsBertT, J. W. Notes on a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leaven- 
worth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California. By W.H.Emory. Washington: 
Wendell and Benthuysen, printers. 1848. Onevol.,8vo. From appendix No. 6. 
Notes of Lieut. J. W. Abert, pp. 386-405. 
A diary of the journey, with special references to the animals and plants ob- 
served. This party traversed the state from east to west in 1846, going by way 
of the ‘‘Santa Fe Trail.”? Lieutenant Abert added to the Kansas list: Anas caroli- 
nensis, Recurvirostra americana, Numenius longirostris, Charadrius dominicus, 
Afgialitis vocifera, Zenaidura macroura, Elanoides forficatus, Buteo borealis, 
Conurus carolinensis, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Colaptes auratus, Chordeiles 
virginianus, Tyrannus tyrannus, Cyanocitta cristata, Sturnella magna, Sturnella 
magna neglecta, Icterus galbula, Quiscalus quiscalus zneus, Pipilo erythroph- 
thalmus, Tachycineta bicclor, Mimus polyglottis, Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Har- 
porhynchus rufus, Merula migratoria, Sialia sialis, and a ‘‘gray bird,” of 
which he gives us a ready means of identification, as Sayornis phoebe, in his 
description of its nest. 
1849. ParRKMAN, FRancis,JR. The California and Oregon Trail, being sketches 
of prairie and mountain life, by F. Parkman, jr. 8vo., pp. 448. New York, 1849. 
Original edition not handled. In the narrative of that part of the journey 
which took place in Kansas there is mention of the following birds: Quail, whip- 
poorwill, raven, crow, eagle (?), prairie grouse, robin, Baltimore oriole, blue jay, 
cardinal, blackbird, and a careful statement of the occurrence of the black buz- 
zard, Catharista atrata, observed in company with the turkey buzzard. 
1851. Kettey, Wm. An Excursion to California over the Prairie, Rocky 
Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada, with a stroll through the diggings and 
ranches of that country. By William Kelley, J. P. Vol. I [II]. London: 
Chapman & Hall. 1851. Two vols., 12mo, pp. —. 
A journey across Kansas by way of the Kansas river route. A close observer 
mentions turkeys, ducks (species not given), prairie-hens, paroquets, and an up- 
land snipe which may readily be recognized from the description as Bartramia 
longicauda. 
1851. Harris, Epwarp. List of Birds and Mammalia found on the Missouri 
river from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union at the mouth of the Yellowstone 
river. From Fifth Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1850. Wash- 
ington, 1851. pp. 136-138. 
A list of 120 species, of which 24, marked with an asterisk, were observed on 
the lower part of the river. No definite localities are given, but it is probable 
that some of these were seen in Kansas. The paroquet was seen above Fort 
Leavenworth. 
1852. Barrp, 8. F. Special session, March, 1851. Senate, Ex. No. 3. Ex- 
ploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a 
