262 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
198. 494. Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.) Bobolink. A very rare summer 
resident; common in migration. Belongs to eastern North America, ranging 
north to the Hudsonian zone, west to the high plains; south in winter to South 
America. Say, 1823 (probably an error). Snow, 1872. 
199. 495. Molothrus ater (Bodd.) Cowbird. An abundant summer resi- 
dent. Breeds throughout the lower austral, upper austral, and transition zones. 
Ranges south in winter to southern Mexico. Say, 1823. 
200. 497. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonap.) Yellow-headed Black- 
bird. Summer resident; not uncommon in western Kansas; common through- 
out the state in migration. It ranges through western North America from the 
central Mississippi valley west to the Pacific coast; south into Mexico and Cuba. 
Probably nests in suitable localities—marshes—throughout its United States 
range. Maximilian, 1839. 
201. 498. Agelaius phoenicius (Linn.) ~ Red-winged Backbird. An abun- 
dant summer resident. Seen rarely in winter. Inhabits temperate North Amer- 
ica, except western Mexico and the lower Colorado valley, north to Great Slave 
lake, south to Costa Rica. Baird, 1858. 
202. 501. Sturnella magna (Linn.) Meadow-lark. Resident; abundant in 
the eastern part of the state. Inhabits eastern North America, north to Nova 
Scotia and Ontario, west to the plains. Breeds throughout this range. Abert, 
1848. 
203. 501b. Sturnella magna neglecta (Aud.) Western Meadow-lark. Resi- 
dent; abundant in middle and western Kansas. The bulk of the species move 
southward in winter. A bird of western North America, north to British Co- 
lumbia and Manitoba, east to Kansas and Nebraska, south to southern Mexico. 
Abert, 1848. 
204. 506. Icterus spurius (Linn.) Orchard Oriole. An abundant summer 
resident. Belongs to the eastern United States, ranging west to the foot-hills of 
the Rocky mountains; south in winter to Panama. Baird, 1858. 
205. 507. Icterus galbula (Linn.) Baltimore Oriole. A common summer 
resident. Ranges over eastern North America, north to New Brunswick and 
Manitoba, west to the foot-hills of the Rocky mountains; south in winter to 
Panama. Abert, 1848. 
206. 508. Icterus bullocki (Swains.) Bullock’s Oriole. Summer resident; 
extremely rare. Included in this list on the statement of Dr. 8. W. Williston 
that he captured this species while collecting in western Kansas, the skins being 
given to the museum of Yale. This species has been included in all former cata- 
logues of Kansas birds on the authority of Professor Snow’s first list. Professor 
Snow included it in his third edition, 1875. on the authority of Doctor Williston, 
but did not so credit it. Meanwhile, the entire lack of authentic specimens 
taken in the state had made Colonel Goss and others reluctant to include the 
bird in catalogues. The record of its occurrence at Manhattan, in 1883, as given 
in Professor Cooke’s Migration in the Mississippi Valley, was an error of 
identity, which was duly corrected; but in some manner it crept into the final 
report. This is a western species which sometimes ranges east to Dakota, Kan- 
sas, and western Texas; south in winter to central Mexico. I permit Snow, 1872, 
to stand. 
207. 509. Scolecophagus carolinus (Miill.) Rusty Blackbird. A winter 
sojourner; rare except in the eastern counties. Belongs to eastern and northern 
