CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF KANSAS. 7 



Family CERTHIID^E. Creepers. 



Genus CERTHIA, Linnaeus. 



21. C. familiaris rufa (Batr.) Ridgw. American Brown Creeper. 

 Common: winter sojourner. 



Family TROGLODYTID^E. Wrens. 



Genus SALPINCTES, Cabanis. 



* 22. 8. obsoletus (Say) Caban. Rock Wren. Summer resident in 

 western Kansas; quite common in suitable locations. 



Genus THRYOTHORUS, Yieillot. 



* 23. T. ludovicianus ( Gm.) Bp. Great Carolina Wren. Abundant 

 resident in eastern, rare in western Kansas. 



Genus THRYOMANES, Sclater. 



* 24. T. bewicki (Aud.) Baird. Bewick's Wren. Visitant, and occa- 

 sional resident in southern Kansas. 



Genus TROGLODYTES, Vieillot. 

 *25. T. aedon, Vieill. House Wren. Common summer resident. 



26. T. aedon parkmanni ( Aud.) Coues. Western House Wren. 

 One specimen shot at Lamed, April 21, 1881, by Mr. Geo. C. Water- 

 man, and reported in Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v.VIII, No. 2, April, 1883, 

 p. 120. Without doubt a rare resident in western Kansas ; will increase 

 with its settlements. 



Genus ANORTHURA, Rennie. 



27. A. troglodytes hyemalis ( Vieill.) Coues. Winter Wren. Winter 

 sojourner; rare. 



Genus TELMATODYTES, Cabanis. 



*28. T.palustris (Wils.) Baird. Long-billed Marsh Wren. Sum- 

 mer resident; rare; in migration common. 



Genus CISTOTHORUS, Cabanis. 



29. C. stellaris (Licht.) Caban. Short-billed Marsh Wren. Migra- 

 tory; rare; possibly breed in the State. 



Family MOTACILLID^. Wagtails and Titlarks. 

 Genus ANTHUS, Bechstein. 



30. A. ludovicianus (Gmel.) Licht. American Titlark. Migratory ; 

 quite common. 



