264 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
C. P. Blachly. <A far northern species, found in both hemispheres. In America 
it ranges south in winter into the northern and middle United States. Snow, 
1875 (said to have been taken in Kansas by Mr. Trippe and by Professor Knox). 
218. 529. Astragalinus tristis (Linn.) American Goldfinch. Resident; 
abundant in winter: common in summer. Belongs to the whole of temperate 
North America. Nests from southern Kansas northward. Maximilian, 1839. 
219. 533. Spinus pinus(Wils.) Pine Siskin. An irregular winter sojourner; 
some winters abundant. Inhabits temperate North America. Breeds mainly in 
the transition zone. South in winter to the Gulf coast and the mountains of 
northern Mexico. Snow, 1872. 
220. 534. Passerina nivalis (Linn.) Snowflake. <A rare winter visitant. 
Inhabits northern North America, breeding in the arctic zone; south in winter 
to the northern United States; casually to Kansas and southern [llinois. 
Snow, 1872. 
221. 536. Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.) Lapland Longspur. An abundant 
winter sojourner. Inhabits the arctic zone in summer; south in winter to about 
latitude 35°, chiefly east of the Rocky mountains. Baird, 1858. 
222. 537. Calcarius pectus (Swains.) Smith’s Longspur. A common win- 
ter sojourner in some parts of Kansas. Inhabits the interior of North America, 
breeding from northern Manitoba to the arctic coast, and passing southward in 
winter to Illinois and Texas. Snow, 1872, on authority of Baird. 
223. 538. Calcarius ornatus (Towns.) Chestnut-colored Longspur. Re-i- 
dent in middle and northwest Kansas; common. In winter common over the 
entire state. Breeds from our latitude on the plains northward to Saskatchewan; 
south in winter to the high plateaus of Mexico. Allen, 1872. 
224. 539. Rhyncophanes maccownii (Lawr.) McCown’s Longspur. A win- 
ter sojourner in the western half of the state: common; occasional further east. 
Inhabits the great plains, breeding from northern Nebraska and Wyoming north- 
ward to the Saskatchewan; south in winter into western Texas and Mexico. 
Allen, 1872. 
225. 540. Pocmcetes gramineus (Gmel.) Vesper Sparrow. A rare summer 
resident; common in migration in eastern Kansas. Iinhabits eastern North 
America north to Nova Scotia and the Saskatchewan, west to the plains. 
Breeds from Virginia, Kentucky and Kansas northward. Snow, 1872. 
226. 542a. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.) Savanna Spar- 
row. Abundant in migration; sometimes winters in southeastern Kansas. In- 
habits eastern North America, west to the plains, south in winter to the Gulf 
states. Breeds from about latitude 40 northward. Baird, 1858. 
227. 542b. Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus (Bonap.) Western Sa- 
vanna Sparrow. Migratory; not uncommon in the western part of the state. _ 
Probably breeds. A bird of western North America, east to Manitoba; south in 
winter to Mexico. Breeds from Colorado northward to the arctic. Reported 
breeding in western Texas (Lloyd). Goss, 1886. Taken by him in McPherson 
county, October 14, 1885. 
228. 546. Ammodramus savannarum passerinus (Wils.) Grasshopper Spar- 
row. An abundant summer resident. Belongs to the eastern United States and 
southern Canada, west to the high plains; south in winter to the Gulf states, 
eastern Mexico, Cuba, etc. Baird, 1858. 
