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tains. Rare in Florida, southern Texas, and the New England states. Not mi- 
gratory. Baird, 1858. 
167. 412. Colaptes auratus luteus (Bangs). Flicker. Resident; common. 
Inhabits the eastern United States and British America; north to Hudson bay 
and west to the Rocky mountains; Alaska. Abert, 1848. 
168. 413. Colaptes cafer(Gmel.) Red-shafted Flicker. Resident in western 
Kansas; common in winter throughout the state. A bird of the western United 
States, except the northwest coast and southern California; south into southern 
Mexico. Snow, 1873; Benson, 1874. 
169. 417. Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.) Whippoorwill. A rare summer 
resident; common in the eastern counties in migration. Belongs to the eastern 
United States and British America, north to Nova Scotia and Manitoba, west to 
the plains; south in winter to Guatemala. Lewis and Clarke, 1814. Implied 
also in Goss’s Narrative, 1809. Parkman, 1849. 
170. 418. Phalenoptilus nuttalli (Aud.) Poor-will. A common summer 
resident. Inhabits the western United States, east into Iowa and Missouri ; 
south into Mexico. Coues, 1865. 
171. 418a. Phalenoptilus nuttalli nitidus (Brewst.) Frosted Poor-will. <A 
summer resident: not rare. e Taken at Neosho Falls, 1881, by Colonel Goss; also 
near Manhattan, where three fully identified sets of their eggs have been found. 
Goss, 1890. ‘‘Auk,’’ vol. VII, p. 286. 
172. 420. Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.) Night Hawk. A common sum- 
mer resident in the eastern haif of the state; replaced in the western part by 
the next form. Its geographical range includes eastern North America, north 
to Hudson bay, west to the edge of the great plains; south in winter to the 
West Indies, Central America, and northeastern South America. Abert, 1848. 
173. 420a. Chordeiles virginianus henryi (Cass.) Western Night Hawk. 
A comman summer resident in western Kansas. Belongs to the western United 
States; south in winter into Mexico. Coues, 1865. Ibis. 
174. 423. Cheetura pelagica (Linn.) Chimney Swift. Summer resident; 
abundant in eastern Kansas, and increasing in numbers westward. Belongs to 
eastern North America, north to Labrador and Manitoba, west to the edge of the 
plains; south in winter through Mexico. Snow, 1872. 
175. 428. Trochilus colubris (Linn.) Ruby-throated Humming-bird. Sum- 
mer resident; not common. Abundant in migrationin eastern Kansas. Belongs 
to eastern North America, west to the plains, north to the Hudsonian zone; 
south in winter to Cuba and Mexico. Baird, 1858. 
176. 443. Milvulus forficatus (Gmel.) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Summer 
resident in southern Kansas; common. Belongs to eastern Mexico and the 
southwestern United States (Texas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, south Kansas, 
southern Missouri, etc.); south in winter to Costa Rica. The first authentic 
record for Kansas is its capture at Neodesha, May 13, 1875, by Colonel Goss. 
The specimens seen by Say on the Arkansas river were noted a short distance 
south of the Kansas line. The report by Snow, 1872, on authority of Baird, that 
this species was taken near Fort Riley by Doctor Coues was based upon some 
error. Doctor Coues writes me that he never saw a live scissor-tailed fly- 
catcher anywhere. Snow, 1875. 
