CATALOGUE OE THE BIRDS OP KANSAS. 25 



Genus Nyctherqdius, Eeichenbach. 

 *230. N. violaceus (Linn.) Reich. White-crowned Night Heron. 

 Rare summer resident. 



Genus Botaurus, Stephens. 

 *231. B. lentiginosus (Montag.) Steph. American Bittern. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



' Genus Ardetta, Gray. 

 * 232. A. excilis (Gmel.) Gray. Least Bittern. Rare summer resi- 

 dent; quite common in migration. 



Family CICC-NIID^.— Storks and Wood Ibises. 

 Genus Tantalus, Linnseus. 



233. T. looulator, Linn. Wood Ibis. Rare; irregular summer vis- 

 itant. Dr. George Lisle writes me that he has noticed the birds a few 

 times on the flats east of Chetopa, and that Albert Garrett killed a very 

 fine specimen there about six years ago. 



Family IBID IDtE.— Ibises. 

 Genus Plegadis, Kaup. 



234. P. guarauna (Linn.) Ridgw. White- faced Glossy Ibis. A 

 rare visitant. Shot at a lake near Lawrence by W. L. Bullene, in the 

 fall of 1879, and reported to me by Prof. F. H. Snow, who has the speci- 

 men in the State University. 



Order LIMIGOL^. 



Family CHARADRIID^.— Plovers. 

 Genus Squatarola, Cuvier. 



235. S. helvetica (Linn.) Cuv. Black-bellied Plover. Migratory; 



rare. 



Genus Charadrius, Linnseus. 



236. C. dominicus, Miiller. Golden Plover. Migratory ; abundant. 



Genus Oxyechus, Richenbach. 



*237. 0. vpeiferus (Linn.) Reich. Killdeer.- Abundant summer 



resident. 



Genus iEoiALiTES, Boie. 



238. M. semipalmatw, Bp. Semipalmated Plover. Included on the 

 authority of Prof. Snow, who enters the same in his catalogue of the 

 birds of Kansas as "Migratory; common." 



