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Genus CATHARISTA, Vieillot. 



*214. C. atrata (Wils.) Less. Black Vulture. Rare summer resi- 

 dent. Dr. George Lisle, of Chetopa, (a close observer,) writes that the 

 birds were quite common, breeding there fifteen or twenty years ago, but 

 now quite scarce ; that he saw three of the birds in the fall of 1882, at 

 a "slaughter pen" with "Turkey Buzzards;" that in 1858 he found a 

 nest with two eggs in an old hollow broken stump. 



Order COLUMB/E. 

 Family COLUMBID^. Pigeons or Doves. 



Genus ECTOPISTES, Swainson. 



*215. E. migratoria (Linn.) Sw. Passenger Pigeon Wild Pigeon. 

 Irregular summer resident ; rare. 



Genus ZENAIDURA, Bonaparte. 



*216. Z. carolinensis ( Linn.) Bp. Mourning Dove. Summer resi- 

 dent; abundant; occasional winter sojourner in southern Kansas. 



Order CALLING. 



(Gattince alectoropodes.} 

 Family MELEAGRID^. Turkeys. 



Genus MELEAGRIS, Linnaeus. 



*217. M. gallopavo americana (Bartr.) Coues. Wild Turkey. An 

 abundant resident in the early settlement of the State, but rapidly di- 

 minishing, and will soon be exterminated. 



Family TETRAONID.E. Grouse. 



Genus BONASA, Stephens. 



*218. B. umbellus (Linn.) Steph. Ruffed Grouse. In the early 

 settlement of the State a resident in eastern Kansas. Erroneously, but 

 generally known as "Partridges" in the Northern States, and as "Pheas- 

 ants" in the Southern States. (The timber along the streams, where 

 protected from fire, and the undergrowth from browsing and tramping 

 of cattle, offers a natural home for the birds, and they should be placed 

 there and protected.) 



Genus CUPIDONIA, Reichenbach. 



*219. C. cupido (Linn.) Baird. Pinnated Grouse Prairie Hen. 

 Common resident in middle and eastern Kansas. 



