THE YALLET 1TATTJBALIST. 
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Birds of Kansas. 
Birds of Michigan 
Birds of St. Clair County, Ills. 
BY WM. L. JONES, M'KBNDREE COLLEGE, 
LEBANON, ILL. 
[Paper No. 8. J 
Genus — Myiodioctes. 
M. mitratus. Hooded Warbler. A rare- 
transient visitor. 
M. posiUus. Green Black-cap Flycatcher. 
Rare. 
Genus— Selophaga. 
8. roticilla. Red Start. This handsome 
and active little bird is very common here 
during the summer months. They arrive 
here about May 1st. Depart early in Septem- 
ber. Breed, nesting in low bushes. 
Genus — Pyranga. 
P. rubra. Scarlet Taneger. Common 
summer resident, arriving late in spring. 
During spring and early summer this brilli- 
ant bird is commonly seen in orchards and 
small groves, while in the latter part of sum- 
mer they mostly frequent dense timber. 
Breeds. Nests found on low branches of 
forest trees. 
P. aestiva. Summer Red Bird. A bird 
not so common here as the preceding. Breeds. 
Family — Hirondinidce. 
Genus — Hirundo . 
H. horreorum. Barn Swallow. Common 
summer visitor. Breeds. Nest usually con- 
structed at a considerable height from the 
ground under the eaves of some large 
building. 
H. Lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. An abun- 
dant summer resident. Several hundred 
often construct their nests together on the 
same building. Usually arrive about April 
15, depart late in September. 
II. bicolor. White-bellied Swallow. Not 
common, occasionly seen late in spring. 
Perhaps breeds. 
Genus — Gotyle. 
C. riparia. Bank Swallow. A common 
species. Breeds in high banks of earth or 
sand. Eggs small in size. Color pure white. 
As many as ten eggs found in a nest. De- 
parts southward September 10. 
Genus— Progne. 
P. purpurea. Purple Martin. A very 
common summer resident. Arrives early in 
spring, about April 1st. Breeds. 
Family — Bombycillidce. 
Gemis—Ampelis. 
A. cedrorum. Cedar Bird. A common 
winter and summer resident. In winter 
seen here in flocks, often twenty in the band. 
Large bands of young birds noticed late in 
summer. No instances known of its breeding 
here. In winter it feeds entirely on persim- 
mons while here in this vicinity. 
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BY C. P. BLACHEY, M. D., MANHATTAN, 
KANSAS. 
Corvidce— Crows, Ravens and Jays. 
Gorvus Americanus — Common Crow. 
Resident, abundant. 
Gyanurus cristatus — Blue Jay. Resident, 
abundant. 
Tyrannidce— American Fly- catchers, 
Tyrannus Carolinensis — King-bird; Bee 
Martin. Summer resident, common. 
Caprimulgidce — Goat su ck ers. 
Ghordeiles Virginianus — Night-hawk. 
Summer resident, common. 
Cypselidce—Swi f ts . 
Chatura pelagia— Chimney Swallow. Sum- 
mer resident, once rare but becoming com- 
mon. 
Trochilidce— Humming-birds. 
Trochilus colubris— Ruby-throated Hum- 
ming-bird. Summer resident, common. 
Alcedinidce— King-fishers. 
Ceryle alcyon— Belted King-fisher. Sum- 
mer resident, common. 
Cuculidce— Cuckoos. 
Coccyzus Americanus — Yellow-billed Cu- 
ckoo. Summer resident, common. 
Picidce — Woodpeckers. 
Ilylotomus pileatus — Black Wood Cock. 
Summer resident, rare. 
Picus villosus — Hairy Woodpecker. Resi- 
dent, abundant. 
Genturus Carolinus — Red-bellied Wood- 
pecker. Summer resident, abundant. 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus — Red-headed 
Woodpecker. Summer resident, abundant. 
Goloptes auratus— Golden- winged Wood- 
pecker. Resident, abundant. 
C. Mexicanus— Red- shafted Woodpecker. 
Migratory, not uncommon in eastern Kansas, 
abundant in western Kansas. 
JStrigidoe — Owls. 
Bubo Virginianus — Great Horned Owl. 
Resident, common. 
Scops asio — Screech Owl. Resident, 
abundant. 
Otus Wilsonianus— Long-eared Owl. Mi- 
gratory, common. 
Syrnium nebulo sum—Barred Owl. Resi- 
dent, common. 
Falconidce — Diurnal Birds of Prey. 
Astur atricapillus— Goshawk. Migratory. 
Falco communis — Duck Hawk. Resident, 
rare. 
Buteo Harlani — Harlan's Hawk. Migra- 
tory, rare. 
B. borealis— Red- tailed Hawk. Resident, 
common, 
B. pennsylv aniens — Broad-winged Hawk. 
Migratory, rare. 
Archibuteo lag opus, var. sancti-johannis — 
Rough-legged Hawk. Winter visitant, com- 
mon. 
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BY W. H. HUGHES, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 
Percliers. 
This order is the largest in species, and 
contains the great mass of our familiar birds. 
It is divided into three sub-orders, Strisores, 
Clamatores and Oscines, and these again 
into numerous families, genera, etc. In 
enumerating them the name of the family 
and the scientific and common name of the 
species will be given. 
Strisores. 
Trochilidce— Humming Birds. This fam- 
ily includes the smallest and most beautiful 
of all the birds. They are exclusively con- 
fined to America, and are most numerous in 
the torrid zone, where they swarm in incred- 
ible numbers. The different species amount 
to about three hundred, and new ones are 
being continually discovered by naturalists. 
Of this immense number of species but one 
visits us. 
T. colubris — Ruby-throated Humming 
Bird. A common summer resident, whose 
arrival in the spring is hailed with joy by all. 
It rears its young here, and its nest is a won- 
derful piece of architecture. The eggs are 
two, of a pure white. The nest on account of 
its diminutive size is rarely found. 
Cypselidce— The Swifts. 
C. Pelasgia— Chimney Swallow. A com- 
mon and well-known summer resident. 
Capimulgidce— Goat Suckers. 
A. vaciperus— Whipperwill. A common 
summer resident, which on account of its 
nocturnal habits is seldom seen, but well- 
known by its familiar and peculiar cry. An 
erroneous notion is entertained by some that 
this bird is identical with, or is at least the 
female of the night hawk. The fact is that 
the species differ materially in their plumage 
and habits, and their eggs are quite easily 
distinguished. 
C. Papetue— Night Hawk. A more com- 
mon and abundant resident than the Whip- 
poorwill. 
The birds of this family build no nests, but 
lay their eggs in a small hollow scratched in 
the ground, and in some cases even this 
slight attempt at a nest is omitted, and the 
eggs, two in number, are laid upon the bare 
ground without any preparation. The eggs 
of both species are desirable in the cabinet 
of the naturalist. 
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Keyserling, Eugene, Count. 
American spiders of the suborder Citi 
gradce. From the Zool. Bot. Gezell., 1877. 
Th. A. Bruhin. 
Comparative Flora of Wisconsin. (Wien, 
1877.) The author enumerates 1300 species 
in 533 genera as occurring in that state, 
