122 Goss, Additions to Catalogue of Kansas Birds [April 
On making sufficient elevation to find Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 
and Robins, a decided increase both of numbers and species at 
any one spot was easily noticeable. ‘his increase held good until 
a lower level beyond Highlands was reached. 
Vireo solitartus alticola was easily found by its song in the 
open hard woods of the tableland near Highlands, where most of 
our birds were seen, though found also at an elevation approxi- 
mately 500 feet lower as we left the plateau. They proved shy, 
flying from tree-top to tree-top well out of range. A single speci- 
men reminds us strongly of V. cass¢zzé as taken at Santa Bar- 
bara, California. ; 
At the level of Highlands, exactly such species as Mr. Brew- 
ster has previously mentioned were taken, and none other. Coz- 
topus borealzs was still on his hemlock-top, and rhododendron 
swamps through which the road was cut proved several times to be 
well filled with Denxdrotca cerulescens. 
On leaving home our intentions were to go well into or over 
the ‘Smokies,’ but incessant rains and sickness finally drove us 
back to pure water. Few northern digestions could accomplish 
the feat of properly nourishing a man on native fare. 
ADDITIONS TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 
OF KANSAS, WITH NOTES IN REGARD 
TO THEIR HABITS. 
BY N. S. GOSS. 
4Echmophorus occidentalis. WESTERN GREBE.—For this addition to 
our list, we are indebted to Prof. F. H. Snow, who reports that a young 
male was killed November 3, 1887, on the Kansas River, at Lawrence.* 
The birds are quite common on the northwestern part of the continent, 
breeding in reeds, ponds, and lakes east to northern Dakotaand Manitoba, 
wintering along the Pacific coast south into Lower California, but this 
capture is the first mention that I can find of their appearance east of 
the Rocky Mountains south of their breeding grounds. I have noticed 
this large species at San Diego several times, and in the winter and early 
*#See Auk, Vol. V, p. 201. 
