IV PREFACE. 



in the list. The descriptions of the nests and eggs are from notes of my 

 own observ^ations, both in the field and upon the magnificent collection of 

 eggs made by my brother, Capt. B. F. Goss, and now on display in the 

 Milwaukee Public Museum, Wisconsin. 



The work has been prepared with a view to being of value to the 

 student interested in the bird-life of our State ; and should it meet the 

 approval of the Executive Council, and of the reader, I shall indeed 

 feel well repaid for my labor. 



ToPEKA, Kansas, May 1, 1886. 



