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B. 393. R. 238. C. 304, G. 120. U. 588 



241. Pipilo maculatusarcticus (Swains.). Arctic Towhee. Winter sojourner; 

 rare in eastern, common in middle and western Kansas. Leave about the tirst 

 of May. 



Genus CARDINALIS Bonaparte. 



B. 390. R. 242. C. 299. G. 121. U. 593. 



242. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). Cardinal. Resident; common in eastern, 

 rare in western Kansas. Begin laying about the middle of May. Nest in low 

 trees, bushes and briers, loosely constructed of leaves, grasses, vine-like stems, 

 and strippings from grape-vines, and lined with finer grasses, which are woven 

 into a rather compact and rounded form. Eggs, three or four; l.OOx.76; 

 grayish white, irregularly spotted with purple, ash and reddish brown, thickest 

 about large end; in form elliptical. 



Genus HABIA Reichenbach. 



B. 390. R. 244. C. 289. G. 122. U. 595. 



243. Habia ludoviciana (Linn.). Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Summer resident 

 in eastern Kansas; rare; during migration common. Arrive the first of May. 

 Begin laying the last of May, Nest in small trees in groves and near the edge 

 of timber skirting the streams, six to twelve feet from the ground, generally 

 toward the top and near the center of the tree- — a coarse, loosely-constructed 

 nest, made of twigs, stems of weeds, bits of old leaves and rootlets, and lined 

 with a finer material from the same. Eggs, three, occasionally four; ,96x.70; 

 greenish white, spotted and blotched with reddish brown; in form oval, 



B, 381, R. 245 C. 290. G. 123. U. 596. 



244. Habia melanocephala (Swains.). Black-headed Grosbeak.- Summer 

 resident in middle and western Kansas; quite common. Arrive first of May. 

 Begin laying the last of May. Nest in low, shrubby trees, on or near the 

 banks of streams, composed of twigs, and stems of weeds or grasses loosely 

 thrown together, and lined with rootlets. Eggs, three or four; l.OOx.68; blu- 

 ish white, specked and spotted with rusty brown, usually thickest about large 

 end; in form oblong oval. 



Genus GUIRAOA Swainson. 



B. 382. R. 246. C. 291. G. 124. U. 597. 



245. Guiraca caerulea (Linn.). Blue Grosbeak. Summer resident; quite com- 

 mon in middle and western Kansas. Arrive the first of May, Begin laying 

 the last of May, Nest in bushes and small trees, composed of coarse fibrous 

 strippings, grasses, old leaves, bits of newspapers, and other fragmentary 

 substances, and lined with hairs and rootlets. One taken at Wallace, June 

 16th. 1885, was built close to the body of a willow tree, on small, twig-like 

 branches, about seven feet from the ground; outside made wholly of narrow 

 strippings of the inner bark of dead cottonwood trees, resting on a founda- 

 tion of a few old leaves and bits of newspapers, and lined with fine bleached 

 rootlets. Eggs, three or four; ,90x,65; bluish white; ,in form oval. 



