16 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 
Genus ScoLECOPHAGUS, Swainson. 
138. 8S. ferrugineus (Gmel.) Sw. Rusty Blackbird. Winter so- 
journer, common in eastern Kansas. 
* 139. S. cyanocephalus ( Wagler) Caban. Brewer’s Blackbird. ‘Com- 
mon summer resident in western, rare in eastern Kansas. 
Genus QuiscaLus, Vieillot. 
— *140. Q. purpureus eneus, Ridgw. Purple Grackle— Crow Black- 
bird. Abundant summer resident. 
Family CORVIDAt.—Crows and Jays. 
Genus Corvus, Linneus. 
*141. C. corax carnivorus ( Batr.) Ridgw. American Raven. Rare 
resident in western Kansas; occasional visitant throughout the State. 
*'142. C. eryptoleucus, Couch. White-necked Raven. Rare resident 
in western Kansas. Prof. E. A. Popenoe writes that he shot in a clump 
of trees, in Rooks county, July 27, 1875, a young bird out of a flock of 
five. 
* 143. C. frugivorus, Bartr. Common Crow. Resident; abundant. 
Genus GymnoiTra, Maximilian. 
144. G. cyanocephala, Max. Maximilian Nutcracker—Pifion Jay. 
A rare visitant. Three specimens taken October 23, 1875, near Law- 
rence, and reported by Prof. F. H. Snow in his catalogue of the birds 
of Kansas. 
Genus Pica, Cuvier. 
145. P. rustica hudsonica (Sabine) Baird. Black-billed American 
Magpie. Rare visitant. 
Genus CyanociTra, Strickland. 
* 146. C. cristata ( Linn.) Strickl. Blue Jay. Resident; abundant 
in eastern ICansas. 
Family ALAUDID.—Larks. 
Genus EREMOPHILA, Boie. 
* 147. E. alpestris (Forster) Boie. Horned Lark. Abundant resi- 
dent. 
*148. E. alpestris lewcolema, Coues. Western Horned Lark. An 
occasional or rare resident in western Kansas. 
