° 1912 J IsELY, Birds of Sedgivick Co., Kansas. oO 



was Oct. 3, 1909. On May 24, 1910, I found a nest with four eggs, in a 

 dwarfed cedar tree in the cemetery, about 2 feet from the ground. The 

 Catbird is most numerous in the underbrush along the Little Arkansas 

 River. Throughout May and June they are among the most noticeable 

 songsters. Later in the summer and in the fall I have heard their song 

 from a thicket but it was very quiet, and the birds were very shy. 



77. Toxostoma rufum. Brown Thrasher. — Abundant from May 

 1 to Oct. 1. The earliest date on which I noted this species was April 

 12, in 1910; the latest was Oct. 9, in 1909. This bird is found in large 

 numbers all over the city, and in the parks. Its nests are very abundant 

 in osage orange hedges. In May and June the old birds, followed by the 

 young, may be seen on the lawns everywhere, pulling worms out of the 

 ground. They feed also in the fields and a few follow the plow. 



78. Thryomanes bewickii cryptus. Texas Bewick's Wren. — 

 One bird noted May 17, 1910, in an orchard on Fairmount Hill. This 

 bird was singing. During the first two weeks of May, 1909, a pair of 

 these birds sang around a neighbor's house and started to build a nest in 

 a bird box. They were apparently driven away by a House Wren. 



79. Telmatodytes palustris. Long-billed Marsh Wren. — Noted 

 by Dr. Mathews as frequent. 



80. Hylocichla mustelina. Wood Thrush. — Common in the 

 cemetery and the parks. Arrive about the middle of May. The last date 

 I noted this species in 1909 was Sept. 20. After Aug. 1, the species 

 becomes very shy and rare. On May 19, 1910, I fovmd a nest in a peach 

 tree about six feet above the ground, in an orchard on Fairmount Hill. 



Winter Sojourners. 



81. Circus hudsonius. M.\rsh Hawk.— Common. Noted about 

 once a week from Oct. 9, 1909, until April 1, 1910, flying low over the 

 prairies east and north of Fairmount. 



82. Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Hawk. — A pair has stayed in a 

 pasture near Chisolm Creek, north of Fairmount, for several winters. 

 In 1909 they were first noted Oct. 3, and were last seen March IG, 1910. 

 A few scattering trees furnish perches for them. 



83. Buteo swainsoni. Swainson's Hawk. — Noted only occasion- 

 ally during the winter, near the timber along the rivers. Sometimes I 

 have seen them in flocks of 15 to 20. Mr. Sullivan noted a flock of these 

 hawks, numbering 271, Oct. 1, 1909. 



84. Falco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. — Common. Noted along 

 fences in the open and often in the city. In the fall of 1909 it was first 

 seen Oct. 12; last noted in the spring of 1910, April 28. 



85. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red-naped Sapsucker. — 

 Noted by Mr. Sullivan, Dec. 23, 1910, and by Mr. Sullivan and Professor 

 Larrabee, Feb. 10, 1911. On both occasions the species was seen in the 

 woods along the Little Arkansas River, north of Wichita. 



