TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. Hy 
ELIMINATIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS. 
In the light of the conclusions reached by Dr. Jonathan Dwight, jr., in his 
study of the Horned Larks of North America (see The Auk, Vol. ——. p. 138, et seq., 
April, 1890) Otocoris alpestris, in Colonel Goss’s catalogue ( No. 180) asa rare 
winter sojourner, should not be listed as a Kansas bird. 
I suggest that Anas obscura, Black Duck, No. 24 of the catalogue, be 
dropped from the list of Kansas birds. No authentic record of the capture of 
this form in the state is known. See, also, Goss’s ‘‘ History of the Birds of 
Kansas,”’ p. 55. 
Anas fulvigula, Florida Duck, No. 25 of the catalogue, should be replaced by 
Anas fulvigula maculosa, Mottled Duck. Colonel Goss says (Auk, Vol. vit, p. 
88, Jan., 1890): ‘‘ In my revised Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas, I entered this 
bird as the Florida Duck ( Anas fulvigula). Mr. Sennett, in the July number 
of The Auk for 1889, describes a new duck from Texas, viz., Mottled Duck 
(Anas maculosa), to which I find, upon examination, the Kansas bird should 
be referred, instead of to the Florida Duck as given.’’ Since the publication of 
Colonel Goss’s note in The Auk, the species maculosa has been degraded to a 
variety of fulvigula. 
Phalenoptilus nuttalli,* Poor-will, No. 163 of the catalogue, should be re- 
placed by Phalenoptilus nuttalli nitidus, Frosted Poor-will. Colonel Goss says 
(Auk, Vol. v1, p. 124, April, 1889): ‘‘A single specimen, a female shot by me at 
Neosho Falls, September 23, 1891, entered [in the catalogue] as Phalcenoptilus 
nuttalli, has been since identified as this form [var. nitidus].’’ In his “ Birds of 
Kansas,’’ Colonel Goss says that this form, when better known, will without doubt 
prove to be a common summer resident. 
For Zonotrichia intermedia, No. 225 of the catalogue, should be substi- 
tuted Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia. See note by Ridgway in The Auk, 
Vol. vit, p. 96, Jan., 1890; and record of action of A. O. U. committee on no- 
menclature, Auk, Vol. vi, p. 65, Jan., 1890. The form leucophrys has been found 
to intergrade with intermedia. 
For Buteo harlani, No. 122 of the catalogue, should be substituted Buteo 
borealis harlani. See Auk, Vol. vu, p. 205, April, 1890, note by Ridgway; and 
also record of action of A. O. U. committee on nomenclature, Auk, Vol. vii, 
p. 88, Jan., 1891. The form harlani intergrades with borealis. 
Botaurus exilis, No. 52 of the catalogue, should be Ardetta exilis, the genus 
Ardetta Gray being now recognized as a distinct genus, instead of a sub-genus of 
Botaurus. See record of action of A. O. U. committee on nomenclature, Auk, 
Vol. x, p. 61, Jan., 1893. 
NOTES ON OCCURRENCE AND BREEDING. 
The Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, an account of the discovery by 
A. L. Bennett and myself of whose nesting in the state was recorded in the cata- 
logue, was found nesting in Meade county, June 8, 1886, by Colonel Goss. I have 
also noted it nesting on a pond in Douglas county. 
Forster’s Tern, Sterna forsteri, entered in the catalogue as “‘ migratory, not 
uncommon ; may occasionally breed in the state,’’ is definitely referred to in the 
** History of the Birds of Kansas” as a rare resident and common migrant. 
Colonel Goss recorded in the catalogue the occurrence of the Anhinga, 
Anhinga anhinga, in the state, a single specimen having been taken in August, 
* NoTE.—Phalenoptilus nuttalli nitidus, Brewst., is an addition to the list and occurs simul- 
taneously with Phalenoptilus nutalli, which is after all the more common form in Kansas.— 
D. E. LANTz, 
