TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. 15 
ADDITIONS TO GOSS’S REVISED CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 
OF KANSAS. 
By VERNON L. KELLOGG, Stanford University, Calif. Read by title January 4, 1896. 
Since the publication of Col. N. S. Goss’s ‘‘ Revised Catalogue of the Birds of 
Kansas ’’ (May, 1886), a number of species not included in the catalogue have 
been noted in the state. Most of these additions have been recorded singly in 
The Auk, but in order that they may be referred to conveniently I have here 
arranged these additions in the form of a supplement to the catalogue, continu- 
ing the numbering of the catalogue and maintaining the style of entry and refer- 
ence used by Colonel Goss. Indeed, the additions consist largely of observations 
made and recorded by Colonel Goss since the publication of the catalogue, and it 
is but a small service to the memory of a revered friend that I offer in the colla- 
tion of these observations. A few notes regarding certain of the birds included 
in the catalogue are added for the purpose of making it as nearly as possible an 
up-to-date reference list of the Kansas bird fauna. 
ADDITIONS. 
336. <ichmophorus occidentalis. WESTERN GREBE.—A single specimen, a 
young male, was taken November 3, 1887, on the Kansas river at Lawrence. 
Prof. F. H. Snow obtained the bird of a young negro, and the specimen is now in 
the collection of the University of Kansas. 
337. Somateria v. nigra. Pactric Er1per.—A single specimen, a young 
male, was taken by A. L. Weidman, a hunter, on the Kansas river about six 
miles from Lawrence. The specimen is now in the collection of the University of 
Kansas. 
338. Oidemia perspicillata. Surr Scorer.—A single specimen was taken 
October 29, 1887, by Mr. A. L. Bennett, on the Kansas river at Lawrence. The 
specimen is now in the collection of the University of Kansas. 
339. Chen ccerulescens. Buiur Goosr.—This species, at the time Colonel 
Goss’s catalogue was issued, had been dropped from the A. O. U. Check-List, in 
which it once appeared as an accepted species ( No. 169), and had been placed in 
the hypothetical list, ‘‘on account of the possibility that it is a colored phase of 
Chen hyperborea (Pall.)’’? Since then the form has been declared a valid spe- 
cies (see Abridged Edition, Revised A. O. U. Check-List, p. 16, 1889). Colonel 
Goss in his catalogue stated his belief that the form would ‘“‘eventually be de- 
clared a valid species.’’ In his first ‘‘Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas,’ 1883, 
ceerulescens is entered as ‘‘ migratory, rare.”’ 
340. Grus canadensis. Lirrte Brown Crane.—“ Migratory, not uncommon; 
arrives in March, returns the last of October. Omitted from catologue by over- 
sight.”’ (Goss, History of Birds of Kansas, p. 133, 1891.) 
341. Lonornis martinica. PurRPLE GALLINULE.—A single specimen was killed 
in Riley county April 14, 1893, by a farmer, and came into the possession of Dr. 
C. P. Blachly, of Manhattan. 
342. A gialitis nivosa. Snowy PLover.—In the Trans. Kan. Acad. Sci., Vol. 
x, p. 783, 1886, Colonel Goss says this bird is a common summer resident on the 
salt plains along the Cimarron river in the Indian territory, the northern portion 
of these salt plains extending across the line into southwestern Comanche county 
( Kan.) The birds arrive about May 1, and begin laying in the latter part of 
