lOO Ge/irral Notes. [J;inu;ivv 



below eye. and down nape to shoulder, where the smoky-ash mantle ex- 

 tends over back and wing-coverts to tail. Whole under parts white up 

 to throat, which is mixed sooty-brown and white, showing less and less 

 white as the under mandible is reached, where the feathers are clear sooty- 

 brown. — Geo. B. Sennett, Meadville. Pa. 



Birds New to the Fauna of Kansas, and others Rare in the State, cap- 

 tured at Wallace, Oct. 12 to 16, 1883. — The following four species are 

 new to the State : — 



Merula migratoria propinqua Ridgiv. Western Robin. — .Saw a flock 

 of seven. Killed two. 



Zonotrichia gambeli intermedia Ridgiv. Intermediate White- 

 crowned Sparrow. — The birds were quite common along the railway in 

 the ditches and cuts, which, from the weeds growing and blown in from the 

 plains, afford both food and shelter. Shot several. Professor D. E. 

 Lantz writes me that he killed one of these birds at Manhattan, Oct. 9, 

 1883. The Professor is therefore entitled to the credit of adding the bird 

 to our State list. Its capture so far east is a rare find. 



Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird. Red-naped W^oodpecker. — 

 Killed a pair out of three young birds found in the willows and cotton- 

 woods thinly skirting the south fork of the Smoky Hill River. 



Buteo borealis krideri Hoopes. Krider's Hawk. — Killed a female. 

 I think I saw another bird, but am not positive, as they closely resemble, 

 at a distance, the light phase of Archibuteo ferrugineus. 



The following three species of birds are rare in the State : — 



Myiadestes townsendi {And.) Caban. Townsend's Solitaire. — I saw- 

 ten and shot four of these birds. 



Dendroeca auduboni (^Tomtts.) Baird. Audubon's Wj^rbler. — Shot 

 several; quite common. 



Corvus cryptoleucus Couch. White-necked Raven. — Saw a flock 

 of six, and another of seven birds; shot three. 



I have specimens of the above species in my collection. 



I rejoice to know that we are at last to have a standard classification and 

 nomenclature, as it will do away with the present confusion in arrange- 

 ment and in names. I shall, in accordance with same, issue a new edition 

 of my 'Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas.' — N. S. Goss, Tofeka, Kansas. 



