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GENUS CALCARIUS BECHSTEIN. 



B. 326. R. 187. C. 220. G. 92. U. 536. 



211. Calcarius lapponicus (LINN.). Lapland Longspur. Winter sojourner; 

 abundant. Leave in March. 



B. 327. R. 188. C. 221. G. 93. U. 537. 



212. Calcarius pictus (SWAINS.). Smith's Longspur. Winter sojourner; com- 

 mon in southern Kansas. Leave in March. 



B. 328, 329. R, 189. C. 222. G. 94. U. 538. 



213. Oalcarius ornatus (TOWNS.). Chestnut-collared Longspur. Not an uncom- 

 mon resident in middle and northwestern Kansas; abundant throughout the 

 State in winter. Begin laying early in June. Nest on the ground, on the high 

 open prairie, composed wholly of dry mosses. Eggs, four or five; .72x.56; 

 grayish white, obscurely mottled with pale purple, and this overlaid with spots 

 and splashes of dark reddish brown; in form rather pointed. 



GENUS RHYNCHOPHANES BAIBD. 



B. 330. R. 190. C. 223. G. 95. U. 539. 



214. Rhynchophaiies mccownii (LAWB.). McCown's Longspur. Winter so- 

 journer; quite common in western, rare in eastern Kansas. Leave in March* 



GENUS POOCL33TES BAIKD. 



B. 337. R. 197. C. 232. G. 97. U. 540. 



215. Poocsetes gramineus (GMEL.). Vesper Sparrow. Summer resident; rare; 

 in migration common. Arrive the last of March to first of April. Begin lay- 

 ing early in May. Nest on the ground, made loosely of grasses, and lined with 

 horse hairs. Eggs, four or five; .75x.58; pale greenish white, specked and 

 blotched with various shades of reddish and purple brown; on some the mark- 

 ings are small, chiefly aggregated around the large end; in form oval. 



GENUS AMMODRAMUS SWAINSON. 

 SUBGEXUS PASSERCULUS BONAPARTE. 



B. 332. R. 193o. C. 227. G. 96. U. 542a. 



216. Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (WILS.). Savanna Sparrow. 

 An occasional winter sojourner in southern Kansas; in migration abundant. 

 Leave in April. 



B. 335. R. 1936. C. 229. G. . U. 5426. 



217. Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinus ( BONAP.). Western Savanna 

 Sparrow. Migratory. October 14th, 1885. 1 shot one of the birds, a male, near 

 " Lake Inman.'' in McPherson county, and saw several others. I am inclined 

 to think they will prove to be quite a common bird in the western part of the 

 State, but they so closely resemble A. sandwichensis savanna that they have not 

 been noticed. The birds are, however, considerably smaller, and paler in color. 

 A bleached race of the plains. 



