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1881, in the Solomon valley. In the Trans. Kan. Acad. Sci., Vol. x1, p. 58, 1889, 
he reports the shooting of five of these birds on May 1, 1888, in Meade county. 
The Ruddy Duck, Hrismatura rubida, entered in the catalogue as migra- 
tory, is listed in the ‘‘ History of the Birds of Kansas”’ as a rare summer resident 
and common migrant. 
On October 17, 1890, a young female White-faced Glossy Ibis, Plegadis 
guarauna (Linn.), was shot on the Arkansas river by Dr. R. Matthews and sent 
to Colonel Goss for identification. This is the second occurrence of the bird in 
the state. A third specimen was taken cut of a flock of 20 on a-pond near Mc- 
Pherson, April 29, 1891. 
Wilson’s Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, entered in the catalogue as a 
common migrant, was, on June 18, 1886, found by Colonel Goss breeding on 
marshy ground bordering a pond in Meade county. The bird should be listed, 
therefore, as an occasional summer resident in western Kansas, and a common 
migrant throughout the state. 
On April 23, 1893, Mr. H. W. Menke shot a Lewis’s Woodpecker, Melanerpes 
torquatus, in Finney county, this being the second reported occurrence of the 
species within the state. The Pinion Jay, Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus, en- 
tered in the catalogue on a single occurrence at Lawrence, reported by Prof. F. 
H. Snow, is reported by Mr. Menke as having been a common winter resident in 
Finney county up to 1891, appearing in large flocks in the autumn of 1889, 1890, 
and 1891. 
Colonel Goss, in the Trans. Kan. Acad. Sci., Vol. x1, p. 60, 1890, says that he 
is satisfied that the evidence upon which his catalogue entry regarding the 
breeding of the Sycamore Warbler, Dendroica domenica albilora, in the state, 
is not reliable. He adds, however, that he has upon several occasions met the 
birds in the state during the summer months. 
ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF KANSAS COLEOPTERA. 
By WARREN Knaus, McPherson, Kan. Read (by title) before the Academy January 4, 1896. 
For a number of years comparatively little systematic and careful collecting 
has been done in the state, with the view of adding to the already long list of 
Kansas beetles. The various lists of Kansas Coleoptera, as published in the pro- 
ceedings of this society, need revision badly. The entire material in the various 
collections should be gone over, identifications verified, and the list brought up 
to date in conformity with the advance made in this division of entomology. The 
truth of the above is illustrated by the genus Lachnosterna, the material of 
which in Kansas collections has been recently worked over and a surprisingly 
large number of species new to the Kansas list identified. That the present list 
of over twenty-one hundred species and their varieties can be largely increased, 
no one will question who is a worker in Coleoptera. Persistent and intelligent 
collection of the smaller forms will add scores of species new to the Kansas list, 
and many species not now described. Such collecting should be especially suc- 
cessful in southeastern and northeastern Kansas, and in a lesser degree in south- 
western and northwestern Kansas. 
The following species not heretofore catalogued as belonging to Kansas have 
been taken since 1887, or identified in the collections of the State Agricultural 
College and State University. Identifications have been made and verified by 
