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the central and southern United States. Breeds in the Canadian and H udsonian 
zones. Snow, 1872. 
250. 585c. Passerella iliaca schistacea (Baird). Slate-colored Sparrow. A 
rare winter visitant in western Kansas. Belongs to the Rocky mountains and 
great basin, north to British America. Snow, 1873. 
251. 587. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.) Towhee. Resident in eastern 
Kansas. Common in summer and not rare in winter. Belongs to the eastern 
United States, west to the plains; south in winter to the Gulf coast. Breeds 
chiefly in the upper austral and transition zones. Abert, 1848. 
252. 588. Pipilo maculatus arcticus. (Swains.) Arctic Towhee. A winter 
gojourner; not rare; common in migration. A bird of the plains, north to the 
Saskatchewan, west to the foot-hills, east to eastern Kansas and Nebraska; south 
in winter to Texas. Breeds from Dakota northward. Benson, 1874. 
253. 593. Cardinalis cardinalis(Linn.) Cardinal. Resident; common in the 
timbered parts of the state. Belongs to the eastern United States; rare north of 
latitude 41°; west to the plains, south to Gulf coast. Breeds throughout its 
range. Maximilian, 1839. 
254. 595. Habia ludoviciana (Linn.) Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Summer 
resident in eastern Kansas; common and increasing in numbers from year to 
. year. A bird of eastern North America; north to Nova Scotia and the Saskatche- 
wan, west to the plains, and south in winter nearly to the equator. Breeds in 
the upper austral, transition, and Canadian zones. Snow, 1872. 
255. 596. Habia melanocephala (Swains.) Black-headed Grosbeak. A 
summer resident in the western half of the state; common. Inhabits the west- 
ero United States, east to middle Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas; south in win- 
ter into Mexico. Breeds from the Mexican border northward. Allen, 1872. 
256. 597. Guiraca czerulea (Linn.) Blue Grosbeak. A common summer 
resident in middle Kansas. A southern species, ranging in summer through the 
upper and lower austral zones, west to eastern Colorado and western Texas; 
south in winter to Cuba and southeastern Mexico. Breeds throughout its 
United States range. Snow, 1875, on authority of Doctor Watson, of Ellis. 
257. 598. Cyanospiza cyanea(Linn.) Indigo Bunting. A common summer 
resident in eastern Kansas; rarer westward. Belongs to the eastern United 
States; north into Canada, west to the plains; south to Cuba, eastern Mexico, 
and Central America. Breeds chiefly in the upper austral and transition zones. 
Maximilian, 1839. 
258. 599. Cyanospiza amoena (Say). Lazuli Bunting. A rare summer resi- 
dent in western Kansas. Inhabits the western United States, east to the plains; 
south in winter into Mexico. Breeds throughout its range in the United States. 
Snow, 1872, on authority of Doctor Brewer. 
259. 601. Cyanospiza ciris (Linn.) Painted Bunting. Summer resident in 
southern Kansas. Common in the gypsum hills and along timbered streams. 
Belongs to the south Atlantic and Gulf states; south in winter to Panama. 
Breeds chiefly in the lower austral zone. Taken by Colonel Goss in Comanche 
county, May, 1885, and reported by him in the Auk, vol. II, p. 274. 
260. 604. Spiza americana (Gmel.) Dickcissel. An abundant summer 
resident in eastern Kansas; not common in the western part. Belongs to the 
eastern United States; north to New England and Dakota, west to the Rocky 
