CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 19 



Genus CENTURUS, Swainson. 



*171. C. carolinus (Linn.) Bp. Red-bellied Woodpecker. Abun- 

 dant resident. 



Genus MELANERPES, Swainson. 



*172. M. erythocephalus (Linn.) Sw. Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 Abundant summer resident; occasionally lingers through the winter. 



173. M. torquatus ( Wils.) Bonap. Lewis's Woodpecker. Reported 

 by Prof. Snow to the Academy of Science, 1877, as "Additions to his 

 catalogue of Kansas birds. Taken at Ellis by Dr. Watson, May 6, 

 1878. One specimen was obtained from a flock of six or eight. 77 



Genus COLAPTES, Swainson. 



*174. C. auratus (Linn.) Sw. Yellow-shafted Flicker; Golden- 

 winged Woodpecker. Common resident. 



175. C. auratus hybridus (BaM) Ridgw. "Hybrid 77 Flicker. Res- 

 ident; rare. 



*176. C. auratus mexicanus (Sw.) Ridgw. Red-shafted Flicker. 

 Resident ; rare in eastern Kansas. 



Order ANISODACTYL>E. 



Family ALCEDINID^E. Kingfishers. 



Genus CERYLE, Boie. 



*177. C. alcyon (Linn.) Boie. Belted Kingfisher. Common sum- 

 mer resident ; occasional winter sojourners in southern Kansas. 



Order COCCYGES. 



Family CUCULID^E. Cuckoos. 

 Genus COCCYZUS, Vieillot. 



*178. C. americanus (Linn.) Bp. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Common 

 summer resident. 



*179. C. erylhrophthalmus (Wils.) Baird. Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 Rare summer resident, and not common in migration. Nest found near 

 Paola in 1863, by Capt. B. F. Goss, and one taken at Manhattan in 

 1883, by Prof. D. E. Lantz. 



