CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 25 



Genus NYCTHERODIUS, Reich en bach. 



*230. N. violaceus (Linn.) Reich. White-crowned Night Heron. 

 Rare summer resident. 



Genus BOTAURUS, Stephens. 



*231. B. lentiginosus (Montag.) Steph. American Bittern. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



Genus ARDETTA, Gray. 



* 232. A. excilis (Gmel.) Gray. Least Bittern. Rare summer resi- 

 dent; quite common in migration. 



Family CICONIID^. Storks and Wood Ibises. 

 Genus TANTALUS, Linnaeus. 



233. T. loculator, Linn. Wood Ibis. Rare; irregular summer vis- 

 itant. Dr. George Lisle writes me that he has noticed the birds a few 

 times on the flats east of Chetopa, and that Albert Garrett killed a very 

 fine specimen there about six years ago. 



Family IBIDID^E. Ibises. 

 Genus PLEGADIS, Kaup. 



234. P. guarauna (Linn.) Ridgw. White- faced Glossy Ibis. A 

 rare visitant. Shot at a lake near Lawrence by W. L. Bullene, in the 

 fall of 1879, and reported to me by Prof. F. H. Snow, who has the speci- 

 men in the State University. 



Order LIMICOL^E. 



Family CHARADRIID^. Plovers. 

 Genus SQUATAROLA, Cuvier. 



235. 8. helvetica (Linn.) Cuv. Black-bellied Plover. Migratory; 

 rare. 



Genus CHARADRIUS, Linnaeus. 



236. C. dominicus, Miiller. Golden Plover. Migratory ; abundant. 



Genus OXYECHUS, Richenbach. 



*237. 0. vociferus (Linn.) Reich. Killdeer. Abundant summer 

 resident. 



Genus ^EGIALITES, Boie. 



238. JE. semipalmatus, Bp. Semipalmated Plover. Included on the 

 authority of Prof. Snow, who enters the same in his catalogue of the 

 birds of Kansas as "Migratory; common." 



