24 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



*220. C. cupido pallidicincta, Ridgw. Lesser Prairie Hen. Rare; 

 resident in southern Kansas. 



Genus PEDICECETES, Baird. 



* 221. P.phasianellus columbianus (Ord.) Coues. Sharp-tailed Grouse. 

 Resident in middle and western Kansas ; becoming rare. 



Genus CENTROCERCTJS, Swain son. 



*222. C. urophasianus (Bp.) Swains. Sage Cock Sage Grouse. 

 Occasional resident in western Kansas. Mr. Will T. Cavanaugh in- 

 forms me that while hunting buffalo during 1871-2-3-4 he frequently 

 met with and shot the birds in the sage brush, near the southwest corner 

 of the State. 



Family PERDICIM:. Partridges and Quails. 



Genus ORTYX, Stephens. 



* 223. 0. virginiana ( Linn.) Bp. Virginia Quail, or Bob White. 

 Resident; abundant. 



Order HERODIONES. 

 Family ARDEID^E. Herons. 



Genus ARDEA, Linnaeus. 



*224. A. herodias, Linn. Great Blue Heron. Rare summer resi- 

 dent; common in migration. 



Genus HERODIAS, Boie. 



225. H. alba egretta (Gmel.) Ridgw. American Egret White 

 Heron. Rare summer visitant. 



Genus GARZETTA, Kaup. 



226. G. eandidtssima (Gm.) Bp. Snowy Heron. Rare summer 

 visitant. 



Genus FLORIDA, Baird. 



227. F. ccerulea ( Linn.) Baird. Little Blue Heron. Rare summer 

 visitant. 



Genus BUTORIDES, Blyth. 



*228. B. virescens ( Linn.) Bp. Green Heron. Abundant summer 

 resident. 



Genus NYCTIARDEA, Swainson. 



* 229. N. grisea ncevia ( Bodd.) Allen. Black-crowned Night Heron. 

 Rare summer resident. 



