46 BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



GENUS PASSERINA VIEILLOT. 



B. 387. R. 248. C. 295. G. 125. U. 598. 



246. Passerina cyanea (LINN.). Indigo Bunting. Summer resident; common 

 in eastern Kansas. Arrive the last of April to first of May. Begin laying the 

 last of May. Nest in low bushes, composed of leaves, fibers and grasses, and 

 lined with the finer stems of grasses and horse-hairs. Eggs, four or five; 

 .75x.58; white, with a faint bluish hue; in form oval. 



B. 386. R. 249. C. 294. G. 126. U. 599. 



247. Passerina amcena (SAY). Lazuli Bunting. Summer resident in western 

 Kansas; rare. Arrive the first of May. Begin laying the last of May. Nest 

 like the " Indigo Bird," in low bushes, and of the same material and make-up. 

 One found May 26th, 1884, in a canon near San Diego, California, was built 

 near the ends of the branches of a bush, about four feet from the ground, 

 and composed wholly from branching stems of flowering weeds, and lined 

 with the finer stems of the same. Eggs, usually four; .75x.58; bluish white; 

 in form oval. 



B. 384. R. 251. C. 292. G. . U. 601. 



248. Passerina ciris (LINN.). Painted Bunting. Summer resident in south- 

 western Kansas; May 7th to 18th, 1885, I found the birds quite common in 

 the gypsum hills, near the State line. Arrive the last of April to first of May. 

 Begin laying the last of May. Nest in the forks of bushes and low trees, com- 

 posed of grasses, sometimes of leaves at the base, and lined with the finer 

 grasses and hairs. Eggs, four or five; .70x.53; cream white, thinly specked 

 and spotted with purple and reddish brown, thickest about large end; in form 

 rounded oval. 



GENUS SPIZA BONAPABTE. 



B. 378. R. 254. C. 287. G. 127. U. 604. 



249. Spiza americana (GMEL.). Dickcissel. Summer resident; abundant in 

 eastern and middle Kansas. Arrive the first of May. Begin laying the last 

 of May. Nest on the ground and in low bushes, usually composed wholly of 

 grasses. Eggs, four or five; ,82x.64; uniform light blue; in form oval. 



GENUS CALAMOSPIZA BONAPABTE. 



B. 377. R. 256. C. 286. G. 128. U. 605. 



250. Calamospiza melanocorys STEJN. Lark Bunting. Summer resident in 

 middle and western Kansas. Arrive the last of April to first of May; irreg- 

 ular; some seasons rare, others common. Begin laying the last of May. Nest 

 in a depression on the ground, loosely constructed of grasses and stemlets of 

 weeds, and lined with a finer material from the same, and occasionally hairs. 

 Eggs, four or five; .85x.66; light blue; in form rounded oval. 



GENUS PIRANGA VIEILLOT. 



B. 220. R. 161. C. 154. G. 81. U. 608. 



251. Piranga erythromelas VIEILL. Scarlet Tanager. Summer resident; com- 

 mon in eastern Kansas. Arrive the last of April. Begin laying about the 



