56 BIBDS OF KANSAS. 



Subgenus NEOCORYS Sclater. , 



B. 166. R. 73. C. 90. G. 31. U. 700. 



305. Anthus sprag-ueii (AuD.) Sprague's Pipit. Migratory; rare. Arrive about 

 the first of April. 



Family TROGLODYTIDJE. Wrens, Thrashers, etc. 



Subfamily MIMINy^. Thkasheks. 



Genus MIMUS Boie. 

 B. 253, 2o3«. R. 11. C. 15. G. 7. U. 703. 



306. Mimus polyg-lottos (Linn.). Mocking Bird. Summer resident; becoming 

 quite common. Arrive the middle of April to first of May. Begin laying about 

 the 20th of May. Nest in small trees, thickets, hedges, and in various loca- 

 tions, often near houses; but rarely over ten feet from the ground. Outside 

 loosely constructed of sticks and weeds, and lined with fine rootlets. Eggs, 

 four or five; .99x.75; light-greenish blue, spotted and blotched with yellowish 

 to very dark brown and purple; thickest about large end; in form oval. 



Genus GALEOSOOPTES Cabanis. 



B. 254. R. 12. C. 16. G. 8. U. 704. 



307. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). Catbird. Summer resident; abun- 

 dant in eastern Kansas. Arrive the last of April to the first of May. Begin 

 laying about the middle of May. Nest usually on bushes at the edge of small 

 thickets; composed of leaves, weeds, and strippings from grape-vines and 

 stems of plants, and lined with rootlets. Eggs, from four to five; .94x.68; 

 deep-bluish green; in form rather pointed. 



Genus HARPORHYNCHUS Cabanis. 

 Subgenus METHRIOPTERUS Reicheneach. 



B. 261, 261a. R. 13. C. 17. G. 9. U. 705. 



308. Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.). Brown Thrasher. Summer resident; 

 abundant. Arrive the first of April. Begin laying about the tenth of May. 

 Nest in low bushes, vines and hedges — a coarse, bulky structure — base made 

 usually of sticks, roots and stems of weeds; within this an inner nest of leaves 

 and strippings from plants, lined with fine rootlets and horse hair. Eggs, 

 four or five; 1.06x.80; ground color, white to light green, thickly dotted with 

 reddish brown, sometimes yellowish brown; confluent around large end; in. 

 form rather elliptical. 



Subfamily TROGLODYTINy^. Wkens. 



Genus SALPINCTES Cabanis. 



B. 264. R. 58. C. 65. G. 22. U. 715. 



309. Salpinctes Obsoletus (Say). Rock Wren. Summer resident in middle 

 and western Kansas; common in suitable locations. Arrive in April. Begin. 



