CATALOGUE OP THE BIRDS OP KANSAS. 31 



Family PHALACROCORACID^E.— Cormorants. 

 Genus Phalaceocoeax, Brisson. 



304. P. ditophus (Sw. & Rich.) Nutt. Double-crested Cormorant. 

 Migratory ; not uncommon. 



305. P. mexicanus (Brandt) Scl. & Salv. Mexican Cormorant. Prof. 

 Snow in his catalogue of the birds of Kansas says : "Migratory; rare; a 

 single specimen taken four miles south of Lawrence, April 2, 1872, by 

 Geo. D. Allen." 



Family PLOTEIDiE.— Anhingas or Darters. 

 Genus Plotus, Linnaeus. 



306. P. anhinga, Linn. Snake Bird. Rare summer visitant. In 

 August, 1881, a specimen was captured in the Solomon valley, western 

 Kansas, by C. W. Smith, Esq., of Stockton ; skin forwarded by Prof. 

 Snow to Dr. Coues who reported same in Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 

 No. 1, January, 1882, p. 61. ' 



Order GAVI./E. 



Family LARIDJE.— Gulls and Terns. 

 Genus Labus, Linnaeus. 



307. L. argentatus smithsonianus, Coues. American Herring Gull. 

 Migratory; rare. 



308. L. calif ornicus, Lawr. Californian Gull. Rare visitant; one 

 specimen taken on the Arkansas river, in Reno county, Oct. 20, 1880. 



309. L. delawarensis, Ord. Ring- billed Gull. Migratory; quite 

 common. 



310. L. franklini, Sw. & Rich. Franklin's Gull. Migratory; com- 

 mon. 



311. L. philadelphice (Ord.) Gray. Bonaparte's Gull. Migratory; 



rare. 



Genus Xema, Leach. 



312. X. sabinei (J. Sabine) Leach. Fork-tailed Gull. Rare acciden- 

 tal visitant; one specimen taken by Peter Long at Humboldt, Septem- 

 ber 21, 1876. 



Genus Sterna, Linnaeus. 



313. 8. forsteri, Nutt. Forster's Tern. Migratory; not uncommon. 



314. 8. fluviatillis, ~Na,um. Common Tern. Migratory; very rare. 

 ,315. S. antillarum (Less.) Coues. Least Tern. Migratory; rare. 



