CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 25 
Genus NycrHERoptus, Reichenbach. 
*230. N. violaceus ( Linn.) Reich. White-crowned Night Heron. 
Rare summer resident. 
Genus Boraurus, Stephens. 
*231. B. lentiginosus (Montag.) Steph. American Bittern. Com- 
mon summer resident. 
Genus ARDETTA, Gray. 
* 232. A. excilis (Gmel.) Gray. Least Bittern. Rare summer resi- 
dent; quite common in migration. 
Family CICONIIDA.—Storks and Wood Ibises. 
Genus TANTALUS, Linnezus, 
233. T. loculator, Linn. Wood Ibis. Rare; irregular summer vis- 
itant. Dr. George Lisle writes me that he has noticed the birds a few 
times on the flats east of Chetopa, and that Albert Garrett killed a very 
fine specimen there about six years ago. 
Family IBIDIDZ.—Ibises. 
Genus PLEGADIS, Kaup. 
234. P. guarauna (Linn.) Ridgw. White-faced Gio Ibis. A 
rare visitant. Shot at a lake near Lawrence by W. L. Bullene, in the 
fall of 1879, and reported to me by Prof. F. H. Snow, who has the eee 
men in the State University. 
Order LIMICOL-. 
Family CHARADRIID4.—Plovers. 
Genus SQUATAROLA, Cuvier, 
235. 8. helvetica (Linn.) Cuv. Black-bellied Plover. Migratory ; 
rare. 
Genus CHARADRIUS, Linnzeus. 
236. C. dominicus, Miiller. Golden Plover. Migratory ; abundant. 
Genus Oxyecuus, Richenbach. 
*237. O. vociferus (Linn.) Reich. Killdeer. Abundant summer 
resident. 
Genus /KGIALITES, Boie. 
238. 42. semipalmatus, Bp. Semipalmated Plover. Included on the 
authority of Prof. Snow, who enters the same in his catalogue of the 
birds of Kansas as “ Migratory; common.” 
