24 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 
~ *220. C. cupido pallidicincta, Ridgw. Lesser Prairie Hen. Rare; 
resident in southern Kansas. 
Genus PEDIG@CETES, Baird. 
*221. P. phasianellus columbianus (Ord.) Coues. Sharp-tailed Grouse. 
Resident in middle and western Kansas ; becoming rare. 
Genus CENTROCERCUS, Swainson. 
*222. C. urophasianus ( Bp.) Swains. Sage Cock —Sage Grouse. 
Occasional resident in western Kansas. Mr. Will T. Cavanaugh in- 
forms me that while hunting buffalo during 1871-2-3-4 he frequently 
met with and shot the birds in the sage brush, near the southwest corner 
of the State. 
Family PERDICID4.—Partridges and Quails. 
Genus Orryx, Stephens. 
* 223. O. virginiana ( Linn.) Bp. Virginia Quail, or Bob White. 
Resident ; abundant. 
Order HERODIONES. 
Family ARDEIDA‘.—Herons. 
Genus ARDEA, Linnzeus, 
*224. A. herodias, Linn. Great Blue Heron. Rare summer resi- 
dent ; common in migration. 
Genus HeEropias, Boie. 
225. H. alba egretta (Gmel.) Ridgw. American Egret—White 
Heron. Rare summer visitant. 
Genus GARZETTA, Kaup. 
226. G. candidissima (Gm.) Bp. Snowy Heron. Rare summer 
visitant. 
Genus FuLoripa, Baird. 
227. F. cerulea ( Linn.) Baird. Little Blue Heron. Rare summer 
visitant. . 
Genus BuTorIvEs, Blyth. 
*228. B. virescens ( Linn.) Bp. Green Heron. Abundant summer 
resident. 
Genus NycrrIaRDEA, Swainson. 
* 229. N. grisea nevia ( Bodd.) Allen. Black-crowned Night Heron. 
Rare summer resident. 
