I IzL Goss, Additio>is to the Catalogue of Kafisas Birds. [Januiiiy 



List only embraced the birds that came under my observation, and that 

 of others as reported to me. From the fact that the birds nest through- 

 out their geographical range, and from its capture so late in June, I enter 

 it as a rare summer resident. I have found the birds nesting in Wiscon- 

 sin as early as the middle of Ma>'. They nest in rushes and reeds growing 

 in shallow water, or on swampy lands, building on the tops of old broken 

 down stalks. The nest is composed of weeds and grasses; also the 

 leaves of the cat-tail flag, when growing in the vicinity. It is a circular 

 structure, and in some cases quite deep and bulky. Eggs usually eight to 

 ten, buflf white, thinly spotted and splashed with varying shades of red- 

 dish brown. One set of thirteen, collected May 25, 1878, on a bog in 

 Pewaukee Lake, Wisconsin, measui-ed as follows: 1.63 X 1.18; 1.84 X 

 1.27; 1.67 X 1. 18; 1.60 X 1. 16: 1.67 X i.iS; 1. 78 X 1.30; 1. 81 X 1.29; 

 1.79 X 1.29; 1. 88 X 1.27: 1.70 X 1.16; 1.80 X 1.30; 1.75 X 1. 18; 1.80 X 

 1.28. 



5. Himantopus mexicanus. Black-necked Stilt. — Mr. W. H. Gib- 

 son, taxidermist, formerly of Topeka, now of Las Vegas, New Mexico, in- 

 forms me that he saw three of thefee birds about the middle of June, 1881, 

 on low, wet ground, near the Arkansas River, at Lakin. Without doubt, 

 the birds occasionally breed in Southwestern Kansas. 



6. Buteo borealis krideri. Krider's Hawk. — See Auk, I, Jan. 1884, 

 p. 100. 



7. Geococcyx californianus. Chaparral Cock. — An occasional visi- 

 tant to Western Kansas. Mr. Charles Dyer, Div. Supt. of the A. T. & S. 

 F. R. R., at Las Vegas, New Mexico, writes me that in September, 1884, 

 he saw two of the birds near the railroad, and about fifteen miles east of 

 the west line of the State, and that he has seen them quite often in Color- 

 ado, near the State line. The birds are known to breed as far east as Las 

 Animas, and I feel confident that they occasionally breed in the south- 

 western corner of this State, — a natural habitat of the birds, but unsettled 

 and little known, especially as to its bird life. 



8. Bubo virginianus subarcticus. Western Horned Owl. — Octo- 

 ber 29, 1885, I shot a male in the timber skirting the south fork of Beaver 

 Creek, in Rawlins County. 



9. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red naped Sapsucker. — See Auk, 

 I, Jan. 1884, p. 100. 



10. Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus. Western Savanna Spar- 

 row. — Migratory. October 14, 1885, I shot one of the birds, a male, near 

 Lake Inman, in McPherson County, and saw several others. I am inclined 

 to think they will prove to be quite a common bird in the western part of 

 the State, but they so closely resemble P. sandzviche7isis savaima that thej' 

 have not been noticed. The birds are, however, considerably smaller and 

 paler in color — a bleached race of the Plains. 



11. Zonotrichia intermedia. Intermediate .Sparrow. — See Auk. 

 I, Jan. 1884, p. KX). 



12 Passerina ciris. Nonpareil. — See Auk, II, July, 1885. p. 276. 

 13. Vireo atricapillus. Black-capped Vireo. — See Auk, II. July 

 18S5. p. 274. 



