ORDER PAS SERES. 35 



feet from the ground, composed chiefly of small, soft, flaxy fibrous strippings 

 from plants; a thin and not very compact structure. Eggs, usually three; 

 .75x.54; cream white, sparingly spotted with reddish brown; in form oval. 



B. 140. R. 325a. C. 385. G. 159. U. 466a. 



178. Empidonax pusillus traillii (AUD.). Train's Flycatcher. Migratory; 

 common. Arrive the last of April to first of May. Probably breed in the 



State. 



B. 142. R. 326. C. 387. G. 160. U. 467. 



179. Empidonax minimus (BAIED). Least Flycatcher. Migratory; not un- 

 common. Arrive the last of April to first of May. 



SUBORDER OSCIKES. SONG BIRDS. 



FAMILY ALAUDID^, LARKS. 

 GENUS OTOCOBIS BONAPABTE. 



B. 302. R. 300. C. 82. G. 147. U. 474. 



180. Otocoris alpestris (LINN.). Horned Lark. Winter sojourner; rare. 



B. . R. . C. . G. . U. 4746. 



181. Otocoris alpestris praticola HENSH. Prairie Horned Lark. Resident; 

 common; abundant in eastern Kansas. Begin laying the last of March. Nest 

 in a depression on the ground, under a tuft of grass, made loosely of bits of 

 old grasses, and occasionally lined with hairs. Eggs, four or five; .85x.62; 

 grayish, evenly and thickly spotted with olive brown; in form oval. Entered 

 in first catalogue as 0. alpestris. 



B. . R. . C. . G. . U. 474c. 



182. Otocoris alpestris arenicola HENSH. Desert Horned Lark. Resident; 

 common in middle and western Kansas. Begin laying early in April. Nesting 

 habits and eggs similar to 0. alpestris praticola. Entered in first catalogue as 

 0. alpestris leucolcema. 



FAMILY COR-VID^E. CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, ETC. 



SUBFAMILY GARRULINy^E. MAGPIES AND JAYS. 

 GENUS PICA BBISSON. 



B. 432. R. 286. C. 347. G. 145. U. 475. 



183. Pica pica hudsonica (SAB.). American Magpie. An occasional fall and 

 winter visitant in western Kansas. Included as a former resident upon the 

 following authority, viz.: Dr. Lewis Watson writes me that Mr. Jeff Jordan 

 reports that while herding cattle in the summer of 1873 or 1874, he found the 

 birds breeding on Brush creek, in Graham county this was prior to the set- 

 tlement of the county. From inquiries, I cannot learn that the birds have 



