ORDER RAPTORES. 21 



ORDER COLTJMB^E. PIGEONS. 



FAMILY COLUMBID-ZE, PIGEONS. 



GENUS ECTOPISTES SWAINSON. 



B. 448. R. 459. C. 543. G. 215. U. 315. 



1O9. Ectopistes migratorius (LINN.). Passenger Pigeon. Irregular summer 

 resident; rare; a few to my knowledge breed occasionally in the Neosho Valley. 

 Arrive the middle of March. Begin laying about the middle of April. Nest in 

 trees, and in communities; a slight platform structure of twigs, without any 

 material for lining whatever. Eggs, two; 1.45x1.05; white; in form varying 

 from elliptical to oval. 



GENUS ZENAIDURA BONAPAETE. 



B. 451. R. 460. C. 544. G. 216. U. 316. 



HO. Zenaidura macroura (LINN.). Mourning Dove. Summer resident; abun- 

 dant; occasional winter sojourner in southern Kansas. Begin laying the last 

 of April. Nest placed on the forks of low, horizontal branches of trees, on 

 grape-vines, and upon the ground; when built off the ground a loose slight 

 platform, constructed of twigs, a few stems of grass and leaves. Eggs, two; 

 1.12x.85; white; in form elliptical to oval. 



ORDER RAPTORES. BIRDS or PREY. 



SUBORDER SARCORHAMPHI. AMERICAN VULTURES. 



FAMILY CATHARTID-32. AMERICAN VULTURES. 

 GENUS CATHARTES 



B. 1. R. 454. C. 557. G. 213. U. 325. 



111. Cathartes aura (LINN.). Turkey Vulture. Summer resident; abundant; 

 occasionally seen in winter. Begin laying the last of April. Nest on rocky 

 ledges, and in hollow trees and stumps. Eggs, two, laid on the bare rocks or 

 debris; no lining; 2.70x1.90; grayish white, variously and unevenly blotched 

 and splashed with light to dark reddish brown and purplish drab; in form 

 rounded oval. 



GENUS CATHARISTA VIEILLOT. 



B. 3. R. 455. C. 538. G. 214. U. 326. 



112. Catharieta atrata (BABTB.). Black Vulture. Summer resident; rare. Dr. 

 George Lisle, of Chetopa, (a close observer,) writes me in the spring of 1883 



