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Genus CATHARISTA, Vieillot. 
~~ *214, ©. atrata (Wils.) Less. Black Vulture. Rare summer resi- 
dent. Dr. George Lisle, of Chetopa, (a close observer,) writes that the 
birds were quite common, breeding there fifteen or twenty years ago, but 
now quite scarce; that he saw three of the birds in the fall of 1882, at 
.a “slaughter pen” with “ Turkey Buzzards;” that in 1858 he found a 
nest with two eggs in an old hollow broken stump. 
. Order COLUMB-. 
Family COLUMBID.—Pigeons or Doves. 
Genus EcToPIsTEs, Swainson. 
* 915. E. migratoria (Linn.) Sw. Passenger Pigeon —Wild Pigeon. 
Irregular summer resident ; rare. 
Genus ZENAIDURA, Bonaparte. 
*916. Z. carolinensis (Linn.) Bp. Mourning Dove. Summer resi- 
dent ; abundant; occasional winter sojourner in southern Kansas. 
Order GALLIN-A. 
(Galline alectoropodes.) 
Family MELEAGRIDZ.—Turkeys. 
Genus MrLEaAaRis, Linneus. 
*217. M. gallopavo americana (Bartr.) Coues. Wild Turkey. An 
abundant resident in the early settlement of the State, but rapidly di- 
minishing, and will soon be exterminated. 
Family TETRAONIDZ.— Grouse. 
Genus Bonasa, Stephens. 
~~ *218. B. umbellus (Linn.) Steph. Ruffed Grouse. In the early 
settlement of the State a resident in eastern Kansas. Erroneously, but 
generally known as “ Partridges” in the Northern States, and as ‘“ Pheas- 
ants” in the Southern States. (The timber along the streams, where 
protected from fire, and the undergrowth from browsing and tramping 
of cattle, offers a natural home for the birds, and they should be placed 
there and protected.) 
: Genus Cuprponta, Reichenbach. 
*219. C. cupido (Linn.) Baird. Pinnated Grouse — Prairie Hen. 
Common resident in middle and eastern Kansas. 
