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North America. Breeds over the greater part of British America (except British 
Columbia). South in winter to the Gulf of Mexico. Snow, 1872, on authority 
of Doctor Brewer. 
208. 510. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (Wagl.) Brewer’s Blackbird. An 
occasional resident in western Kansas. Migratory throughout the state; com- 
mon. Has been seen in winter. A western species; north to the Saskatchewan, 
east to Minnesota and Texas; south in winter to Mexico. Baird, 1858. 
209. 511b. Quiscalus quiscula zneus(Ridgw.) Bronze Grackle. An abun- 
dant summer resident; occasional in winter. A bird of the Mississippi yalley, 
north to Hudson’s bay and the Saskatchewan, west to the Rocky mountains; 
south to the Gulf coast in winter; occasional east of the Alleghenies. Abert, 
1848. 
210. 514a. Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus (Ridgw.) Western Even- 
ing Grosbeak. A rare winter visitant. Belongs to western North America, north 
to British Columbia and the Saskatchewan, east to the eastern edge of the great 
plains. Breeds mainly in the north and in the mountains. Taken by Doctor 
Watson, at Ellis, in November, 1875. Snow, 1875. 
211. 515. Pinicola enucleator canadensis (Cab.) Pine Grosbeak. A rare 
winter visitant. Inhabits the Hudsonian and Canadian zones of North America 
and the northern parts of the eastern hemisphere. South in winter through the 
transition zone, and casual in the upper austral zone. Snow, 1872, on authority 
of Doctor Brewer. 
212. 517, Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.) Purple Finch. A rare winter so- 
journer; common in eastern Kansas during migration. Inhabits eastern North 
America, north to Labrador and the Saskatchewan, west to the high plains; 
winters in the Southern states. Breeds in the transition zone and northward. 
Snow, 1872, on authority of Brewer. 
213. 519. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis (Say). House Finch. A rare 
resident.. A specimen from a flock of fifteen was captured by Mr. H. W. Menke 
ia Finney county, January 5, 1892. A western and southwestern species, which 
does not range far east of the foot-hills of the Rocky mountains, north to south- 
ern Wyoming, south into Mexico. Kellogg, 1894. Auk, vol. XI, p. 260. 
214. 521. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm.) American Crossbill. <A rare 
winter visitant; irregular. Widely distributed in North America, but chiefly 
east of the plains. Breeds in the transition zone and northward. Snow, 1872, 
on authority of Doctor Brewer. 
215. 521la. Loxia curvirostra stricklandi (Ridgw.) Mexican Crossbill. Win- 
ter sojourner; irregular—some winters common. First taken at Lawrence, 
November 13, 1885, by Prof. L. L. Dyche. Taken also, during the same month, 
at Manhattan and Emporia. The geographical range of this subspecies includes 
Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and the highlands of Mexico. Seen at 
Wallace, Kan., in July, by Prof. E. A. Popenoe. Dyche, 1886. 
216. 522. Loxia leucoptera (Gmel.) White-winged Crossbill. A very rare 
winter visitant. Belongs to northern North America, breeding mostly in the 
boreal zones, but to some extent in the transition; south in winter to about lati- 
tude 38°. Snow, 1872, on authority of Brewer. 
217. 528. Acanthis linaria(Linn.) Red-poll. A rare winter visitant. Seen 
at Neosho Falls in 1861 hy Colonel Goss, and taken at Manhattan in 1881 by Dr. 
