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177. 444. Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.) Kingbird. An abundant summer 
resident. Belongs to temperate North America; not common west of the Rocky 
mountains. Ranges south in winter to the equator. Abert, 1848. 
178. 447. Tyrannus verticalis (Say). Arkansas Kingbird. A common sum- 
mer resident in the western half of the state. Belongs to the western United 
States, east to the eastern border of the great plains; south in winter to Guate- 
mala. Snow, 1872, on authority of Brewer. 
179. 452. Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.) Crested Flycatcher. An abundant 
summer resident in eastern Kansas. Inhabits the eastern United States and 
British America, to New Brunswick and Manitoba, west to the plains; south in 
winter to Costa Rica. Coues, 1871. 
180. 456. Sayornis phoebe (Lath.) Phoebe. A common summer resident 
in eastern Kansas. Ranges over eastern North America, north to New Bruns- 
wick and Manitoba, west to eastern Colorado, south to Cuba and eastern Mexico. 
Winters from the Gulf coast southward. Abert, 1848. 
181. 457. Sayornissaya(Bonap.) Say’s Phoebe. Summer resident in west- 
ern Kansas; common. A bird of the western United States, north to the Sas- 
katchewan, east to Dakota and middle Kansas, south into middle Mexico. First 
taken in Kansas by Prof. E. A. Popenoe, July, 1875, in Rooks county. Snow, 
1875. 
182. 459. Contopus borealis (Swains.) Olive-sided Flycatcher. Summer 
resident; rare. In migration, notcommon. Belongs to northern North America. 
Ranges south in winter along the mountains to Costa Rica. Found breeding by 
Colonel Goss near Wallace, May 27, 1883. Snow, 1872, on authority of Brewer. 
183.2461. Contopus virens (Linn.) Wood Pewee. A common summer resi- 
dent in the wooded parts of the state. Belongs to eastern North America, rang- 
ing north to New Brunswick and Manitoba, west to the edge of the plains; south 
in winter through eastern Mexico to Panama. Coues, 1871. 
184. 462. Contopus richardsonii (Swains.) Western Wood Pewee. A rare 
summer resident in western Kansas. Belongs to western North America, rang- 
ing north to British Columbia and Manitoba, east to Nebraska and Texas; south 
in winter to Costa Rica. This species was included in Snow’s first and second 
editions, but evidently upon unsufficient evidence, for it was omitted from the 
third edition, 1875. Goss, 1883. 
185. 465. Empidonax acadicus (Gmel.) Acadian Flycatcher. A summer 
resident in eastern Kansas; not rare in suitable localities. A bird of the eastern 
United States, ranging north to Manitoba, west to the plains, and south in win- 
ter to northern South America. Allen, 1872. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zo6l. 
186. 466a. Empidonax pusillus traillii (Aud.) Traill’s Flycatcher. Sum- 
mer resident; not common. In migration, common. Inhabits eastern North 
America to the plains, north to Manitoba; south in winter nearly to the equator. 
Found breeding in Marshall county by Geo. F. Breninger. Snow, 1872. 
187. 467. Empidonax minimus (Baird). Least Flycatcher. A common 
migrant in eastern Kansas. Its geographical range is eastern temperate North 
America, west to the base of the Rocky mountains; south in winter to Panama. 
Snow, 1872. 
188. 474a. Otocoris alpestris leucolema (Coues). Pallid Horned Lark. A 
winter sojourner; common during extremely cold weather. A northern race, 
