2C8 Dylhk on ilte Red C'rossbil/ in Kansas. [April 



hie information on the subject in hand, which I shall always 

 mention in connection w itli liis name. 



Finally, all the species recorded in the succeeding papers have 

 actually been obtained by either Mr. Brown or myself, and 

 though a number met with by other workers in the same field 

 have escaped our united efforts, the list will be found to embrace 

 several birds not before recorded from Arizona. 



( To be continued. ) 



THE RED CROSSBILL {LOXIA CURVIROSTRA 

 STRICKLAND!) IN KANSAS. 



BY I.. I.. DYCIIK. 



While walking along one of the streets near the vState Lhiiver- 

 sitv, Lawrence, Kans., on November i, 18S5, I observed a flock 

 of about twenty plump little birds, about the size of English Spar- 

 rows. They were hopping about the road, apparently picking 

 up particles of food. Occasionally they would utter a tew chirps 

 and fly to a low tree just over the fence, but only to return and 

 alit'"ht in the road again. Some of the birds were red, with 

 dark wings, others were of a gray color showing yellowish 

 green blotches. At that moment, while I stood gazing under the 

 influence of the electrical shock of ornithological pleasure pro- 

 duced by mv rare discovery, two gentlemen happened to be 

 passing on their way to church. I pressed them hard with the 

 scientific importance of the situation, and insisted on their watch- 

 ing the birds while I rushed for my gun. I returned in less than 

 five minutes and found the men diligently watching some Spar- 

 rows in an old tree near by. I mourned this grievous mishap 

 until November 5, when, during a drizzling rain storm from the 

 northeast. I again observed the birds, apparent!}' the same flock, 

 in the top of a tall tree near tiie University campus. I was so 

 fortunate this time as to secure four good specimens, two males 

 and two females. 



Habits of the Birds. — The birds remained in this \icinity 

 (apparently within a mile or twoof tlie University grounds) until 



