ORDER PASSERES. 55 



B. 177. R. 123a, C. 145. G. . U. 683a. 



299. Icteria virens longicauda (LAWB.). Long-tailed Chat. A summer resi- 

 dent in the western part of the State; not uncommon. Nesting habits, eggs 

 and actions are similar to those of the Yellow-breasted; but note and song 

 slightly different. The birds were reported by Prof. F. H. Snow, in vol. 6, 

 page 38, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, as " Taken along 

 the Smoky Hill river in western Kansas by S. W. Williston, in May, 1877;" but 

 by oversight omitted from first catalogue. Attention was immediately called 

 to the same. (See Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, vol. 8, page 

 227.) June 2, 1885, I shot two of the birds on Crooked creek, in Meade 

 county, and saw several others. 



GENUS SYLVANIA NUTTALL. 



B. 211. R. 124. C. 146. G. 60. U. 684. 



300. Sylvania mitrata (GMEL.). Hooded Warbler. A summer resident in east- 

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

 May. Nest in the forks of low bushes on bottom and marshy lands, composed 

 of leaves, strippings from plants, grasses, and a cotton-like substance, and 

 lined with fine, hair-like stems. Eggs, four or five; .68x.50; white, spotted 

 around large end with reddish brown and a few purplish stains; in form oval. 



B. 213. R. 125. C. 147 G. 61. U. 685. 



301. Sylvania pusilla (WILS.). Wilson's Warbler. Migratory; quite common- 

 Arrive the last of April to first of May. 



B. 214, 215. R. 127. C. 149. G. 62. U. 686. 



302. Sylvania canadensis (LINN.). Canadian Warbler. Migratory; rare. Ar- 

 rive the last of April to first of May. 



GENUS SETOPHAGA SWAINSON. 



B. 217. R. 128. C. 152. G. 63. U. 687. 



303. Setophaga ruticilla (LINN.). American Redstart. Summer resident; com- 

 mon; in migration abundant. Arrive the last of April to first of May. Begin 

 laying the last of May. Nest in small trees, usually six to ten feet from the 

 ground, (but I have found their nests all the way from three to thirty feet from 

 the ground,) usually placed within and woven around three or more small up- 

 right branches, composed of stems, rootlets, strippings from plants, and a 

 soft, fibrous, cottony substance, which is worked in and covers the outside; 

 the inside is lined with fine stems, hairs, and occasionally a few feathers; a 

 neat, compact structure. Eggs, four; .67x.50; cream white, dotted with fine 

 specks of reddish brown and lilac, thickest and running together around large 

 end; in form oval. 



FAMILY MOTACILLIDM. WAGTAILS. 



GENUS ANTHUS BECHSTEIN. 

 SUBGENUS ANTHUS. 



B. 165. R. 71. C. 89. G. 30. U. 697. 



304. Anthus pensilvanicus (LATH.). American Pipit. Migratory; quite com- 

 mon. Arrive about the first of April. 



