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fied towards orange; elsewhere dorsally, hair brown, with centers of 

 exposed ends of feathers darkest; wings and tail dark hair brown with 

 pale edgings; lower breast, sides, flanks and crissum, with narrow shaft- 

 streaks of hair brown on a dull whitish ground; streaks on flanks and 

 crissum broadest, narrowest on belly; maxilla, feet and legs dark hair 

 brown; mandible pale hair brown. Wing, 79 mm.; tail, 58.7; tarsus, 17; 

 hind toe with claw, 12; culmen, 10.3; bill-from-nostril, 8.2; gonys, 7.5; 

 width of maxillary portion of bill at base, 7.1; depth of bill (normally 

 closed) through nostril from proximal end of culmen to symphesial portion 

 of mandibular ramus, 8.3. 



Range. - Specimens are at hiuid from the islands of Oahu, Molokai, 

 and Maui, H. T. The linnet has been reported also from Hawaii and 

 Kaui. 



A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF SEDGWICK COUNTY, 



KANSAS. 



by dwight isely. 

 Introduction. 



The following paper was originally written as a summary of 

 my observations on the habits of birds in the vicinity of Fairmount 

 College, Wichita, Kansas, during the school year 1909-10. The 

 work was done in connection with a course in animal ecology 

 taken under the instruction of Austin P. Larrabee, Professor of 

 Biology at Fairmount College. 



In my observations I intended in the first place to become 

 familiar with as many species and their habits as possible. In 

 particular I aimed to study their migration habits and to determine 

 the favorite environment of each bird. 



Since the paper was first written I have endeavored to make as 

 nearly as possible a complete list of the birds of Sedgwick County. 

 With this in view I made a compilation not only of all I had noted 

 regarding birds in my ^ve years' residence in W^ichita but also I 

 secured records of Professor Austin P. Larrabee, Dr. R. Mathews, 

 and Messrs. Richard H. Sullivan and Charles H. Smyth. 



