36 IsELY, Birds of Sedgwick Co., Kansas. [j^a. 



86. Colaptes cafer coUaris. Red-shafted Flicker. — Noted one 

 bird Veh. 18, 1910; noted another Dec. 17, 1910, and a pair Feb. 3, 1911. 

 Noted also by Mr. Sullivan and Professor Larrabee. 



87. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema. Desert Horned Lark. — 

 Common. During snow storms it is abundant, coming in flocks of hun- 

 dreds. In 1909 I noted them as early as Sept. 25. The following 

 spring they became rare during the first part of April, although I noted one 

 bird as late as May 8. Most frequently found along open ravines north 

 and east of Fairmount. Sometimes I have seen a Horned Lark sitting 

 on a post to sing but never on a wire or in a tree. I do not believe that 

 their feet can grasp a round object. The Horned Lark is one of our 

 earliest singers, beginning about the middle of January. From that time 

 until they migrate northward their song can be heard nearly every evening 

 on the prairie. In Brown County, Kansas, where the Horned Lark is 

 resident, twice I found nests on crests of corn ridges. They were mere 

 hollows in the earth with no lining. Each nest contained five eggs. 



88. Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. — Abundant in cedar trees in the 

 cemetery, during the winters of 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09. I have not 

 seen these birds since. Professor Larrabee noted a small flock in the 

 cemetery March 9, 1911. 



89. Zonotrichia querula. Harris's Sparrow. — An abundant bush 

 bird, very abundant during the spring migration. The. first date upon 

 which I noted the species in the fall of 1909 was Oct. 13. The foUow- 

 ing spring the last were noted May 14. Harris's Sparrows become abun- 

 dant by Oct. 25. During March and April I believe that they are the 

 most numerous birds in this vicinity. I have found them most numerous 

 along thick osage orange hedges. About March 1, they begin to sing in 

 chorus. I have counted several hundred in large flocks in which a large 

 part of the birds were singing at the same time. 



90. Spizella monticola. Tree Sparrow. — Abundant. First noted 

 in 1909, Oct. 24, in the plum thickets by the Arkansas River near 

 Mount Hope. In the following spring it was last noted March 12. The 

 Tree Sparrow is a frequent dooryard visitor, coming to pick up crumbs. 

 As far as I have observed it is an open bush bird and is never found in 

 thick woods. It is a great weed seed eater. 



91. Junco hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. — Abundant. In 

 1909 I first noted this species on Oct. 13, and in the following spring I 

 last noted it April 12. On alniost any day between those dates Juncos 

 could be seen in the cemetery and on Fairmount Hill. I have found them 

 most numerous around the cedar trees in the cemetery, and like the Tree 

 Sparrow the Junco is a frequent dooryard visitor. They are more abun- 

 dant during stormy weather, when they come in flocks of thousands. 

 Juncos begin singing in the middle of March. 



92. Melospiza melodia. Song Sparrow. — Common in the fall, 

 rare in midwinter, and abundant in the spring migration. In 1909 I first 

 noted this species Oct. 2. It became abundant in October and re- 



