Chapter II: Part 2

_Corvus corax._ American Raven. Formerly occurred on High Plains, precise status not known. No records since disappearance of bison herds. One specimen: Jewell County, date unknown, Edward Kern (specimen now at Kansas State College, Manhattan).

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. c. sinuatus_ Wagler.

* _Corvus cryptoleucus_ Couch. White-necked Raven. Common summer resident in western two tiers of counties; occasional resident east to Ford County. Locally common winter resident (Finney, Scott, and Sherman counties). One shot at Larned, Pawnee County, about October 25, 1937, by Frank Robl.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Corvus brachyrhynchos._ Crow. Common resident in east, less common in west. Abundant transient and winter resident in central Kansas.

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. b. brachyrhynchos_ Brehm.

_Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus_ Wied. Pinon Jay. Irregular winter visitant, more frequent in west than in east. Reported from Douglas (twice), Sedgwick, Mitchell, Clark, Finney, and Kearny counties.

No subspecies recognized.

_Nucifraga columbiana_ (Wilson). Clark Nutcracker. Irregular winter visitant, more frequent in west than in east. Reported from Marshall (twice), Ellis, Lyon, Finney, and Seward counties.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Parus atricapillus._ Black-capped Chickadee. Common resident in entire state except for southern tier of counties, where either rare or absent in summer and locally common in winter.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. a. atricapillus_ Linnaeus in east, where
most specimens are more or less intermediate toward _P. a.
septentrionalis_ Harris, the resident subspecies in the west.

* _Parus carolinensis._ Carolina Chickadee. Common resident in southern tier of counties; taken also in Greenwood County. Reported occurrence in Douglas County is erroneous. Proof of breeding rests on partly grown juveniles taken in Barber County, and on two nests found in Montgomery County by L. B. Carson.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. c. atricapilloides_ Lunk.

* _Parus bicolor_ Linnaeus. Tufted Titmouse. Common resident in eastern Kansas, west at least to Barber, Harvey, and Cloud counties. Western limit of breeding range poorly known.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Sitta carolinensis._ White-breasted Nuthatch. Uncommon and local resident and winter visitant throughout state. Three positive nesting records, all from Douglas County, by C. D. Bunker, R. F. Miller, and Katherine Kelley.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. c. carolinensis_ Latham resident in
Labette and Montgomery counties; _S. c. nelsoni_ Mearns occurs in
at least Morton County, status uncertain; _S. c. cookei_
Oberholser resident and winter visitant in rest of state.

_Sitta canadensis_ Linnaeus. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Uncommon transient and winter resident throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Certhia familiaris._ Brown Creeper. Fairly common transient and winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. f. americana_ Bonaparte.

* _Troglodytes aedon._ House Wren. Transient and summer resident, common in east to uncommon in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _T. a. parkmanii_ Audubon.

_Troglodytes troglodytes._ Winter Wren. Rare or uncommon transient and winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _T. t. hiemalis_ Vieillot.

_Thryomanes bewickii._ Bewick Wren. Resident, common in south, rare in north; status poorly known. Nesting records from Shawnee, Johnson, and Montgomery counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _T. b. bewickii_ (Audubon) in northern and
northeastern part, _T. b. cryptus_ Oberholser in rest of state.
(_T. b. niceae_ Sutton, a questionably valid subspecies, has been
reported from Meade and Morton counties.)

* _Thryothorus ludovicianus._ Carolina Wren. Resident, common in south, less common to north and west. One record from Hamilton County; status in northwest unknown.

Subspecies in Kansas: _T. l. ludovicianus_ (Latham).

* _Telmatodytes palustris._ Long-billed Marsh Wren. Uncommon transient throughout state; known as a breeding bird only from Doniphan County, where Linsdale found several nests and collected a juvenile (KU 12869) with half-grown tail, August 31, 1922.

Subspecies in Kansas: _T. p. dissaeptus_ (Bangs).

* _Cistothorus platensis._ Short-billed Marsh Wren. Uncommon transient and irregular summer resident in east, no records from west. One breeding record: male (KU 29665), female (KU 29666), and their nest with four eggs, eight miles west of Lawrence, Douglas County, August 30, 1950, H. B. Tordoff and G. P. Young.

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. p. stellaris_ (Naumann).

* _Salpinctes obsoletus._ Rock Wren. Common transient and summer resident in west, rare transient in east; eastern limit of breeding range not known. Nests found in Hamilton, Scott, and Logan counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. o. obsoletus_ (Say).

* _Mimus polyglottos._ Mockingbird. Resident throughout state, less common in north, especially in winter.

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. p. polyglottos_ (Linnaeus) in east, _M.
p. leucopterus_ (Vigors) in west (most specimens from Kansas are
intermediate between the two subspecies).

* _Dumetella carolinensis_ (Linnaeus). Catbird. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Toxostoma rufum._ Brown Thrasher. Common transient and summer resident throughout state; occasional winter resident at least in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: _T. r. rufum_ (Linnaeus) in east, _T. r.
longicauda_ Baird in west.

_Oreoscoptes montanus_ (Townsend). Sage Thrasher. Rare transient in west. Two unsexed specimens (KU 31941, 31942), 1 mile south of Holcomb, Finney County, September 20 and October 2, 1954, Marvin D. Schwilling. A third individual seen in Morton County, September 27, 1954, and a fourth in Kearny County, March 23, 1955, by Schwilling.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Turdus migratorius._ Robin. Common transient and summer resident; locally common winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: _T. m. migratorius_ Linnaeus breeds in most
of state but birds in southeast are intermediate toward _T. m.
achrusterus_ (Batchelder); _T. m. propinquus_ Ridgway occurs in
west, at least in migration, and irregularly in other parts of
state in winter.

_Ixoreus naevius._ Varied Thrush. Accidental. One record: specimen (present location unknown) taken at Garden City, Finney County, October 17, 1891, H. W. Menke.

Subspecies in Kansas: Probably _I. n. meruloides_ (Swainson), on
geographical grounds.

* _Hylocichla mustelina_ (Gmelin). Wood Thrush. Common transient and summer resident in east, absent in west, western limit of breeding in Kansas not known (nests, but uncommonly, in Cloud County).

No subspecies recognized.

_Hylocichla guttata._ Hermit Thrush. Transient throughout state, usually uncommon. Rare in winter in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: _H. g. faxoni_ Bangs and Penard in east, _H.
g. sequoiensis_ (Belding) in west.

_Hylocichla ustulata._ Olive-backed Thrush. Common transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _H. u. swainsoni_ (Tschudi).

_Hylocichla minima._ Gray-cheeked Thrush. Fairly common transient in east; probably does not occur in west but western limit in migration in Kansas unknown (rare in Cloud County, three records by J. M. Porter).

Subspecies in Kansas: _H. m. minima_ (Lafresnaye).

_Hylocichla fuscescens._ Veery. Transient, rare in east, fairly common in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _H. f. salicicola_ Ridgway.

* _Sialia sialis._ Eastern Bluebird. Common resident and transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. s. sialis_ (Linnaeus).

[_Sialia mexicana._ Chestnut-backed Bluebird. Said to be winter resident at Coolidge, Hamilton County, by Shanstrum. Reliably reported from southeastern Colorado. Placed in Hypothetical List in absence of a specimen from Kansas.]

_Sialia currucoides_ (Bechstein). Mountain Bluebird. Common winter resident in west; occurs regularly east to Cloud and Barber counties and irregularly farther east (to Douglas and Anderson counties). Bunker and Rocklund took a full-grown juvenal female (KU 5900) on June 20, 1911, near the Colorado line northwest of Coolidge, Hamilton County.

No subspecies recognized.

_Myadestes townsendi._ Townsend Solitaire. Winter resident in small numbers in west; irregular in winter in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. t. townsendi_ (Audubon).

* _Polioptila caerulea._ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Common transient and summer resident in east, probably transient only in west but status there poorly known. Nesting records from Doniphan, Douglas, and Barber counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. c. caerulea_ (Linnaeus).

_Regulus satrapa._ Golden-crowned Kinglet. Common transient throughout state; uncommon winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: _R. s. satrapa_ Lichtenstein.

_Regulus calendula._ Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Common transient throughout state; rare winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: _R. c. calendula_ (Linnaeus).

_Anthus spinoletta._ Water Pipit. Common transient throughout state, more numerous in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _A. s. rubescens_ (Tunstall).

_Anthus spragueii_ (Audubon). Sprague Pipit. Transient throughout state, perhaps more common in central or western parts; status poorly known. Specimens known from Trego, Cloud, Greenwood, Woodson, and Anderson counties.

No subspecies recognized.

_Bombycilla garrulus._ Bohemian Waxwing. Rare winter visitant throughout state. Few specimens on record, from Riley, Shawnee, Jefferson, Greenwood, and Sedgwick counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _B. g. pallidiceps_ Reichenow.

* _Bombycilla cedrorum_ Vieillot. Cedar Waxwing. Common transient and irregular winter resident throughout state; rare summer resident in northeast. Breeding records: four nests found at Lake Quivira, Wyandotte County, July 22, 1947 (nestling collected, KU 32374), July 3, 1949 (young in nest), July 4, 1950, July 10, 1952 (young in nest), Harold C. Hedges; nest found in Topeka, Shawnee County, June 16, 1953, Cliff Olander and T. W. Nelson.

No subspecies recognized.

_Lanius excubitor._ Northern Shrike. Winter resident, rare in east, uncommon in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _L. e. borealis_ Vieillot in east, _L. e.
invictus_ Grinnell in west (most specimens from Kansas are
intermediate between the two).

* _Lanius ludovicianus._ Loggerhead Shrike. Common resident and transient throughout state, but may leave north-central and northwestern parts in winter.

Subspecies in Kansas: _L. l. migrans_ Palmer in extreme east, _L.
l. excubitorides_ Swainson in west, east to Norton, Ness, and
Clark counties; birds from rest of state mostly intermediate.

* _Sturnus vulgaris._ Starling. Introduced. First appeared in early 1930's, now common transient and resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. v. vulgaris_ Linnaeus.

* _Vireo atricapillus_ Woodhouse. Black-capped Vireo. Summer resident in Comanche and possibly other south-central counties. Status poorly known. Goss collected three pairs in southeastern Comanche County, May 7 to 18, 1885, and found a nest under construction on May 11, 1885. Sight records from Manhattan, Riley County, June 18, 1953, by Scott Searles, and Halstead, Harvey County, May 16, 1951, by Edna L. Ruth.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Vireo griseus._ White-eyed Vireo. Locally common transient and summer resident in east. Status poorly known. Nesting records from Doniphan County (Linsdale) and Kansas City region; specimens taken in summer from Douglas, Montgomery, and Labette counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _V. g. noveboracensis_ (Gmelin).

* _Vireo bellii._ Bell Vireo. Common summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _V. b. bellii_ Audubon.

* _Vireo flavifrons_ Vieillot. Yellow-throated Vireo. Uncommon transient and local, uncommon summer resident throughout state. Goss reported two nests, one with 1 Cowbird and 3 vireo eggs, at Neosho Falls, Woodson County, May 9, 1877, and one under construction at Topeka, Shawnee County, May 18, 1883. T. W. Nelson found a nest at Topeka in 1947 (date approximate). R. F. Miller found an occupied nest 3 miles north of Baldwin, Douglas County, May 6, 1947.

No subspecies recognized.

_Vireo solitarius._ Solitary Vireo. Fairly common transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _V. s. solitarius_ (Wilson) in east, _V. s.
plumbeus_ Coues and _V. s. cassinii_ Xantus in west.

* _Vireo olivaceus_ (Linnaeus). Red-eyed Vireo. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Vireo philadelphicus_ (Cassin). Philadelphia Vireo. Uncommon transient in east (often overlooked); reported west to Harvey County but western limit of migration in Kansas not known.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Vireo gilvus._ Warbling Vireo. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _V. g. gilvus_ (Vieillot).

* _Mniotilta varia_ (Linnaeus). Black and White Warbler. Common transient throughout state, local and uncommon summer resident in east. Breeding distribution in state poorly known. Nests reported in Douglas and Leavenworth counties.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Protonotaria citrea_ (Boddaert). Prothonotary Warbler. Locally common transient and summer resident in eastern Kansas. Nesting records from Doniphan, Leavenworth, Johnson, Douglas, Shawnee, and Woodson counties.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Helmitheros vermivorus_ (Gmelin). Worm-eating Warbler. Rare transient (specimens from Doniphan, Douglas, and Woodson counties) and summer resident in east. Linsdale saw a singing bird on July 11, 1923, in Doniphan County. Hilton (Wilson Bull., 32, 1920:85-86) reports finding a newly-fledged young bird with an adult at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, on June 7, 1919 (some of Hilton's records seem highly improbable, but the one in question is convincing to me).

No subspecies recognized.

_Vermivora chrysoptera_ (Linnaeus). Golden-winged Warbler. Rare transient in east. Several sight records and one specimen: female (KU 12700), 3 miles south of Lawrence, Douglas County, May 2, 1921, E. R. Hall.

No subspecies recognized.

_Vermivora pinus_ (Linnaeus). Blue-winged Warbler. Uncommon transient in east. Possibly nests rarely but no definite evidence.

No subspecies recognized.

_Vermivora peregrina_ (Wilson). Tennessee Warbler. Common transient in east, uncommon transient in west.

No subspecies recognized.

_Vermivora celata._ Orange-crowned Warbler. Common transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _V. c. celata_ (Say) throughout state, _V.
c. orestera_ Oberholser in west.

_Vermivora ruficapilla._ Nashville Warbler. Common transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _V. r. ruficapilla_ (Wilson).

_Vermivora virginiae_ (Baird). Virginia Warbler. Transient in extreme west. Known in Kansas only from 8 miles south of Richfield, Morton County: five birds seen, two collected, May 4 to 10, 1950, Richard and Jean Graber.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Parula americana_ (Linnaeus). Parula Warbler. Fairly common transient and local summer resident in eastern Kansas. Nesting records from Riley, Doniphan, Douglas, and Woodson counties; western limit of breeding distribution unknown.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Dendroica petechia._ Yellow Warbler. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. p. aestiva_ (Gmelin) breeding in all
except southwestern Kansas; _D. p. sonorana_ Brewster probably
breeding in extreme southwest (specimens from Morton County); _D.
p. rubiginosa_ (Pallas) transient, probably throughout state.

_Dendroica magnolia_ (Wilson). Magnolia Warbler. Uncommon transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Dendroica tigrina_ (Gmelin). Cape May Warbler. Rare transient in east. Several sight records but only one specimen from state: immature male (KU 31644), Lawrence, Douglas County, December 6, 1954 (abnormally late date), Mary Edith Kizer.

No subspecies recognized.

_Dendroica caerulescens._ Black-throated Blue Warbler. Rare transient, more records from west than from east.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. c. caerulescens_ (Gmelin).

_Dendroica coronata._ Myrtle Warbler. Common transient throughout state, rare winter resident. (See also Audubon Warbler.)

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. c. coronata_ (Linnaeus) and _D. c.
hooveri_ McGregor.

_Dendroica auduboni._ Audubon Warbler. Common transient in west, rare in east, specimens taken east to Trego County. Hybrids between this species and Myrtle Warbler common in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. a. auduboni_ (Townsend).

_Dendroica nigrescens_ (Townsend). Black-throated Gray Warbler. Common transient in extreme western Kansas. Several sight records and four specimens from 8 miles south of Richfield, Morton County, May 8 to 13, 1950, Richard and Jean Graber.

No subspecies recognized.

_Dendroica townsendi_ (Townsend). Townsend Warbler. Transient in extreme western Kansas. Five records: all from 8 miles south of Richfield, Morton County, May 3 (female collected), 11, and 20, 1950, September 3 and 5 (immature female, KU 31206), 1952, Richard and Jean Graber.

No subspecies recognized.

_Dendroica virens._ Black-throated Green Warbler. Transient, uncommon in east and rare in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. v. virens_ (Gmelin).

_Dendroica cerulea_ (Wilson). Cerulean Warbler. Uncommon transient and possibly summer resident in east, but status poorly known. No definite nesting record. Only five specimens on record.

No subspecies recognized.

_Dendroica fusca_ (Mueller). Blackburnian Warbler. Transient, uncommon in east, rare in west.

No subspecies recognized.

[_Dendroica dominica._ Sycamore Warbler. A few sight records from east and possibly breeds in southeast but placed on Hypothetical List until a specimen from state is obtained.]

_Dendroica pensylvanica_ (Linnaeus). Chestnut-sided Warbler. Transient, fairly common in east, uncommon in west. Only three specimens from state, two from Shawnee County, one from Morton County.

No subspecies recognized.

_Dendroica castanea_ (Wilson). Bay-breasted Warbler. Uncommon transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Dendroica striata_ (Forster). Black-poll Warbler. Common transient in east, uncommon or rare in west.

No subspecies recognized.

[_Dendroica pinus._ Pine Warbler. Probably rare transient in east where several have been reported seen, but placed in Hypothetical List in absence of a specimen from Kansas. Linsdale reported taking a Pine Warbler in Doniphan County, September 13, 1923, but the specimen is actually a Cerulean Warbler.]

* _Dendroica discolor._ Prairie Warbler. Known to occur regularly only in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, where locally common transient and summer resident; newly fledged young have been found. One specimen: male (KU 32376), 2 miles west of Lake Quivira, Johnson County, May 3, 1942, Harold C. Hedges.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. d. discolor_ (Vieillot).

_Dendroica palmarum._ Palm Warbler. Uncommon transient in east, west at least to Cloud County. Western limit of occurrence in migration not known.

Subspecies in Kansas: _D. p. palmarum_ (Gmelin).

* _Seiurus aurocapillus._ Oven-bird. Fairly common transient throughout state; local summer resident in northeast. Brumwell reported one pair nesting in June, 1939, and in 1940, at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County. His report is lacking in details but no other nesting records are available.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. a. aurocapillus_ (Linnaeus) throughout
state, _S. a. cinereus_ A. H. Miller taken in Cheyenne County.

_Seiurus noveboracensis._ Northern Water-thrush. Fairly common transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. n. notabilis_ Ridgway.

* _Seiurus motacilla_ (Vieillot). Louisiana Water-thrush. Fairly common transient and summer resident in east, uncommon transient in west. Approximately 11 breeding records, all from Miami and Linn counties. Summer distribution in state inadequately known.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Oporornis formosus_ (Wilson). Kentucky Warbler. Common transient and summer resident in east. Nests west to Riley County, but not reported from Cloud County by Porter.

No subspecies recognized.

_Oporornis philadelphia_ (Wilson). Mourning Warbler. Locally common transient in east, west rarely to Sedgwick and Cloud counties. Sight records supposedly of Connecticut Warblers (_Oporornis agilis_) may, at least in part, refer to this species. No specimens of _O. agilis_ known from state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Oporornis tolmiei._ Macgillivray Warbler. Common transient in extreme western Kansas, accidental in east. Specimens from Morton, Hamilton, and Marshall (1) counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _O. t. monticola_ Phillips.

* _Geothlypis trichas._ Yellow-throat. Common transient throughout state; common summer resident in east, less common in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _G. t. brachidactyla_ (Swainson) breeds in
east; _G. t. occidentalis_ Brewster breeds in west. Distribution
in Kansas of these subspecies and identity of transients poorly
known.

* _Icteria virens._ Yellow-breasted Chat. Common transient and summer resident, perhaps less common in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: _I. v. virens_ (Linnaeus) in east, _I. v.
auricollis_ (Lichtenstein) in west, intergrading through most of
state.

_Wilsonia citrina_ (Boddaert). Hooded Warbler. Formerly common summer resident in east, now rare and perhaps no longer nests in state. No satisfactory breeding record. Three males from Leavenworth County, May 9, 1871, and one from Shawnee County, May 17, 1871, taken by J. A. Allen, are now at Harvard.

No subspecies recognized.

_Wilsonia pusilla._ Wilson Warbler. Common transient throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _W. p. pusilla_ (Wilson) in east, _W. p.
pileolata_ (Pallas) in west; precise distribution in migration
unknown.

_Wilsonia canadensis_ (Linnaeus). Canada Warbler. Uncommon transient in east, reported west to Sedgwick and Cloud counties.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Setophaga ruticilla._ American Redstart. Common transient and local summer resident in east; probably only transient in west but breeding range in state poorly known. Few definite nesting records: Brumwell reported nesting at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County; J. M. Porter found a nest in Republic County, May 22, 1940.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. r. ruticilla_ (Linnaeus) is breeding
form; _S. r. tricolora_ (Mueller) occurs in migration.

* _Passer domesticus._ English Sparrow. Introduced. Common resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. d. domesticus_ (Linnaeus).

* _Dolichonyx oryzivorus_ (Linnaeus). Bobolink. Transient, uncommon in east and rare in west in spring; rare in east and absent in west in fall. In 1940, several pairs remained until July 21 near Jamestown State Lake, Cloud County, and two pairs were seen feeding fledglings on June 25 (J. M. Porter). No other good evidence of breeding.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Sturnella magna._ Eastern Meadowlark. Common transient and resident in eastern part. Nests locally west to Jewell County in north and Barber County in south. Less common in winter.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. m. magna_ (Linnaeus) in northeast, _S.
m. argutula_ Bangs in southeast.

_Sturnella neglecta._ Western Meadowlark. Common transient and resident in western part. Nests commonly east to Flint Hills, irregularly and uncommonly in east. Largely replaces Eastern Meadowlark in east in winter.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. n. neglecta_ Audubon.

* _Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus_ (Bonaparte). Yellow-headed Blackbird. Transient, common in west and uncommon in east, and uncommon, local summer resident. Breeds more frequently in west; nesting records from Meade, Wallace, Barton, Stafford, Doniphan, and Douglas counties. One winter record, Riley County.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Agelaius phoeniceus._ Red-wing. Common transient and summer resident throughout state, less common winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: _A. p. phoeniceus_ (Linnaeus) breeds in most
of state; _A. p. fortis_ Ridgway may nest in west and occurs in
migration; _A. p. arctolegus_ Oberholser occurs in migration.

* _Icterus spurius_ (Linnaeus). Orchard Oriole. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

_Icterus cucullatus._ Hooded Oriole. Accidental. One record: bird banded at Los Angeles, California, January 22, 1939, found dead by Dr. F. S. Williams, 16 miles southeast of Garden City, Finney County, about August 5, 1939; foot of specimen preserved.

Subspecies in Kansas: _I. c. californicus_ (Lesson), on geographic
grounds.

* _Icterus galbula_ (Linnaeus). Baltimore Oriole. Common transient and summer resident through most of state; hybridizes freely with Bullock Oriole in west. One winter record: immature male (KU 31988), Lawrence, Douglas County, December 25, 1953, H. B. Tordoff.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Icterus bullockii._ Bullock Oriole. Common transient and summer resident in west, rarely east to Stafford County (breeding?) and Douglas County (transient).

Subspecies in Kansas: _I. b. bullockii_ (Swainson).

_Euphagus carolinus._ Rusty Blackbird. Common transient and locally common winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _E. c. carolinus_ (Mueller).

_Euphagus cyanocephalus_ (Wagler). Brewer Blackbird. Transient and local winter resident. Common in west, uncommon in east. Probably nests in northwest, but no satisfactory evidence of this.

No subspecies recognized.

_Quiscalus quiscula._ Bronzed Grackle. Common transient and summer resident throughout state; local winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: _Q. q. versicolor_ Vieillot.

* _Molothrus ater._ Cowbird. Common transient and summer resident throughout state; local winter resident.

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. a. ater_ (Boddaert) is breeding bird;
_M. a. artemisiae_ Grinnell transient, common in west and possibly
nesting in northwest.

_Piranga ludoviciana_ (Wilson). Western Tanager. Fairly common transient and perhaps summer resident in extreme west. Two males taken 4-1/2 miles west of Kendall, Hamilton County, May 20 and June 1, 1893, H. W. Menke; many seen and two males and a female (KU 31207) taken 8 miles south of Richfield, Morton County, May 6, 1950 (males) and September 4, 1952, Richard and Jean Graber.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Piranga olivacea_ (Gmelin). Scarlet Tanager. Fairly common transient in east and uncommon summer resident in northeast. Distribution in state poorly known; breeding records from Doniphan, Leavenworth, and Cloud counties.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Piranga rubra._ Summer Tanager. Common transient and summer resident, distribution poorly known. Recorded in migration (possibly breeding?) west to Morton County and breeding in Doniphan and Douglas counties. Not reported by Porter as nesting in Cloud County.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. r. rubra_ (Linnaeus).

* _Richmondena cardinalis._ Cardinal. Common resident in east, uncommon in west, rare in extreme southwest.

Subspecies in Kansas: _R. c. cardinalis_ (Linnaeus).

* _Pheucticus ludovicianus_ (Linnaeus). Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Common transient and locally common summer resident in east. Reported in summer west to Rawlins County; probably absent in summer from southeast. Distribution poorly known.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Pheucticus melanocephalus._ Black-headed Grosbeak. Common transient and summer resident in west, nesting east to Cloud and Harvey counties. Occasionally occurs farther east in migration.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. m. melanocephalus_ (Swainson).

* _Guiraca caerulea._ Blue Grosbeak. Common transient and summer resident in most of state; locally common in summer in northeast.

Subspecies in Kansas: _G. c. caerulea_ (Linnaeus) in east, _G. c.
interfusa_ Dwight and Griscom in west; most specimens from state
are intergrades.

_Passerina cyanea_ (Linnaeus). Indigo Bunting. Common transient and summer resident west to Finney County, status in extreme west not known but probably absent there.

No subspecies recognized.

_Passerina amoena_ (Say). Lazuli Bunting. Common transient and probably summer resident in extreme western Kansas. No breeding record. Rare in east in migration.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Passerina ciris._ Painted Bunting. Fairly common summer resident in east, west to Barber and north to Riley and Shawnee counties. One positive nesting record: nest with young, successfully fledged, Lawrence, Douglas County, spring and summer, 1918, Bessie D. Reed.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. c. pallidior_ Mearns.

* _Spiza americana_ (Gmelin). Dickcissel. Transient and summer resident throughout state; common in east, locally common in west.

No subspecies recognized.

_Hesperiphona vespertina._ Evening Grosbeak. Rare and irregular winter visitant. Reported from widely scattered localities throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _H. v. vespertina_ (Cooper); _H. v. brooksi_
Grinnell may occur in west.

_Carpodacus purpureus._ Purple Finch. Fairly common transient and winter resident in east; status in west not known.

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. p. purpureus_ (Gmelin).

_Carpodacus mexicanus._ House Finch. Occurs in southwestern Kansas, reported common north to Hamilton County and east to Finney County. One record from Concordia, Cloud County, 2 or 3 birds seen from February 26 to March 6, 1954, Lillie and Ida Cook, J. M. Porter. Most records in winter; status in summer uncertain.

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. m. frontalis_ (Say).

[_Pinicola enucleator._ Pine Grosbeak. One old record (possibly based on a specimen, but convincing details are lacking) and a few recent sight records from east. Placed in Hypothetical List in absence of an authentic specimen from state.]

_Acanthis flammea._ Redpoll. Rare and irregular winter visitant. Records from Cloud, Riley (specimen), Douglas (specimens), and Woodson counties, and Kansas City region.

Subspecies in Kansas: _A. f. flammea_ (Linnaeus).

* _Spinus pinus._ Pine Siskin. Common but irregular transient and winter resident throughout state. Two breeding records: nest with 3 or 4 young, later successfully fledged, Onaga, Pottawatomie County, May 3, 1920, F. F. Crevecoeur; nest with 3 eggs (young successfully fledged), 1 mile southwest of Concordia, Cloud County, observed from April 6 to 30, 1954, J. M. Porter.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. p. pinus_ (Wilson).

* _Spinus tristis._ Eastern Goldfinch. Common resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. t. tristis_ (Linnaeus).

* _Loxia curvirostra._ Red Crossbill. Irregular winter visitant throughout state, locally common at times. One nesting record: nest with one egg, Topeka, Shawnee County, March 22, 1917, A. Sidney Hyde. This nest later held three eggs, all hatched, three young fledged, and the family left the area in June.

Subspecies in Kansas (in approximate decreasing order of
frequency): _L. c. benti_ Griscom, _L. c. bendirei_ Ridgway, _L.
c. minor_ (Brehm), _L. c. stricklandi_ Ridgway, _L. c. sitkensis_
Grinnell.

_Loxia leucoptera._ White-winged Crossbill. Rare and irregular winter visitant throughout the state. Only two specimens taken (Douglas and Ellis counties).

Subspecies in Kansas: _L. l. leucoptera_ Gmelin.

_Chlorura chlorura_ (Audubon). Green-tailed Towhee. Fairly common transient in west; rare winter visitant in east (Shawnee County, Wyandotte County).

No subspecies recognized.

* _Pipilo erythrophthalmus._ Red-eyed Towhee. Common transient and winter resident throughout state; uncommon summer resident in east, status in west in summer not known. No nest found, but recently fledged young reported in several counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. e. erythrophthalmus_ (Linnaeus)
resident; _P. e. arcticus_ (Swainson) winter resident throughout
state; _P. e. montanus_ Swarth reported as transient only from
Morton County.

* _Calamospiza melanocorys_ Stejneger. Lark Bunting. Common transient and summer resident in west, rare transient in east. Nesting in southwestern Kansas irregular; absent some years and present in other years. One nesting record from east, in Franklin County.

No subspecies recognized.

_Passerculus sandwichensis._ Savannah Sparrow. Common transient and rare winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. s. savanna_ (Wilson), _P. s. nevadensis_
Grinnell, _P. s. oblitus_ Peters and Griscom.

* _Ammodramus savannarum._ Grasshopper Sparrow. Common transient and local summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _A. s. perpallidus_ (Coues).

_Ammodramus bairdii_ (Audubon). Baird Sparrow. One record: male? (U. S. Natl. Mus. 155884), Pendennis, Lane County, April 25, 1897, J. A. Loring. This species probably occurs regularly in the state but is overlooked.

No subspecies recognized.

_Passerherbulus caudacutus_ (Latham). Leconte Sparrow. Common transient and irregular, locally common winter resident west at least to Lane County.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Passerherbulus henslowii._ Henslow Sparrow. Uncommon transient and uncommon, local summer resident in east, west at least to Cloud County. Breeding records from Morris, Shawnee, Douglas, and Anderson counties.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. h. henslowii_ (Audubon).

_Ammospiza caudacuta._ Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Rare transient in east. Specimens taken in Shawnee, Douglas, Woodson, and McPherson counties. Supposed nesting reported by Goss probably erroneous.

Subspecies in Kansas: _A. c. nelsoni_ (Allen).

_Pooecetes gramineus._ Vesper Sparrow. Common transient throughout state. May nest in northwest but no evidence available.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. g. gramineus_ (Gmelin) in east, _P. g.
confinis_ Baird in west.

* _Chondestes grammacus._ Lark Sparrow. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. g. grammacus_ (Say) east of Flint Hills,
_C. g. strigatus_ Swainson in west; the two subspecies intergrade
in central Kansas.

_Aimophila ruficeps._ Rufous-crowned Sparrow. Two records: male (KU 29222), Schwarz Canyon, Comanche County, June 7, 1936, C. W. Hibbard; one seen near Point Rock, Morton County, May 21, 1950, Richard and Jean Graber.

Subspecies in Kansas: _A. r. scottii_ (Sennett).

_Aimophila aestivalis._ Pine-woods Sparrow. One specimen: male (KU 32377), Lake Quivira, in Wyandotte County, April 26, 1948, Harold C. Hedges. One seen, Lake Quivira, in Johnson County, April 24, 1949, Harold C. Hedges.

Subspecies in Kansas: _A. a. illinoensis_ (Ridgway).

* _Aimophila cassinii_ (Woodhouse). Cassin Sparrow. Common summer resident in southwestern Kansas, known north to Hamilton County and east to Finney County. One nesting record: nest with two young and one pipped egg, one mile south of Garden City, Finney County, May 24, 1954, Marvin D. Schwilling.

No subspecies recognized.

_Amphispiza bilineata._ Black-throated Sparrow. One record: specimen of unknown sex (KU 31356), 4 miles north and 3 miles east of Garden City, Finney County, November 25, 1952, Marvin D. Schwilling.

Subspecies in Kansas: _A. b. deserticola_ Ridgway.

_Junco aikeni_ Ridgway. White-winged Junco. Fairly common transient and winter resident in western Kansas. Specimens from Wallace, Ellis, Hamilton, and Morton counties.

No subspecies recognized.

_Junco hyemalis._ Slate-colored Junco. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _J. h. hyemalis_ (Linnaeus), _J. h.
cismontanus_ Dwight.

_Junco oreganus._ Oregon Junco. Common transient and winter resident in west, uncommon in east.

Subspecies in Kansas: _J. o. montanus_ Ridgway, _J. o. mearnsi_
Ridgway.

_Spizella arborea._ Tree Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. a. arborea_ (Wilson) common in east; _S.
a. ochracea_ Brewster common throughout state.

* _Spizella passerina._ Chipping Sparrow. Common transient and summer resident in east, less common in west. Only two actual nesting records: occupied nest at Lawrence, Douglas County, May, 1954, James S. Findley; nest with 4 large young, 6 miles south of Atchison, Atchison County, May, 1934 or 1935, Homer A. Stephens (photographs taken of nest and adult).

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. p. passerina_ (Bechstein) in east, _S.
p. arizonae_ Coues in west.

_Spizella pallida_ (Swainson). Clay-colored Sparrow. Common transient throughout state. Possibly breeds in northwest: male (KU 31950) with greatly enlarged testes (9 x 6 mm.), 1 mile north of St. Francis, Cheyenne County, June 12, 1954, H. B. Tordoff.

No subspecies recognized.

_Spizella breweri._ Brewer Sparrow. Common transient in west. Five specimens known: four males, Morton County, April 8 to May 1, 1950, Richard and Jean Graber; one specimen (sex?), Finney County, May 3, 1954, Marvin D. Schwilling.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. b. breweri_ Cassin.

* _Spizella pusilla._ Field Sparrow. Common transient and summer resident and uncommon winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _S. p. arenacea_ Chadbourne, intergrading in
east with _S. p. pusilla_ (Wilson).

_Zonotrichia querula_ (Nuttall). Harris Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident in east, uncommon in west.

No subspecies recognized.

_Zonotrichia leucophrys._ White-crowned Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _Z. l. leucophrys_ (Forster) common in east,
uncommon in west; _Z. l. gambelii_ (Nuttall) common in west,
fairly common in east.

_Zonotrichia albicollis_ (Gmelin). White-throated Sparrow. Fairly common transient, uncommon winter resident west at least to Cloud and Sedgwick counties. Status in west poorly known; not reported at Garden City by Marvin D. Schwilling.

No subspecies recognized.

_Passerella iliaca._ Fox Sparrow. Fairly common transient and uncommon winter resident in east; probably occurs in west but status there poorly known.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. i. iliaca_ (Merrem); other subspecies
may be found in west when specimens become available.

_Melospiza lincolnii._ Lincoln Sparrow. Common transient and uncommon winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. l. lincolnii_ (Audubon) throughout
state; _M. l. alticola_ (Miller and McCabe) in extreme west.

_Melospiza georgiana._ Swamp Sparrow. Common transient and uncommon winter resident in east. Western limit of range in Kansas not known (rare transient in Cloud and Finney counties--Porter and Schwilling).

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. g. georgiana_ (Latham), _M. g.
ericrypta_ Oberholser.

_Melospiza melodia._ Song Sparrow. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _M. m. euphonia_ Wetmore, _M. m. juddi_
Bishop, _M. m. montana_ Henshaw.

_Rhynchophanes mccownii_ (Lawrence). McCown Longspur. Transient, common in west, rare in east, and winter resident, uncommon in west, rare in east.

No subspecies recognized.

_Calcarius lapponicus._ Lapland Longspur. Common transient and winter resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: _C. l. lapponicus_ (Linnaeus) is the common
form; _C. l. alascensis_ Ridgway occurs uncommonly (specimens from
Douglas and Hamilton counties).

_Calcarius pictus_ (Swainson). Smith Longspur. Fairly common transient and locally common winter resident except in extreme east, where rare.

No subspecies recognized.

* _Calcarius ornatus_ (Townsend). Chestnut-collared Longspur. Common transient and winter resident in west, uncommon in east. Formerly, at least, occurred in summer in High Plains of west; nests found in Ellis County in 1871 by J. A. Allen. No recent records in summer.

No subspecies recognized.

_Plectrophenax nivalis._ Snow Bunting. Winter visitant at irregular and, sometimes, long intervals. No specimens preserved in state since 1879.

Subspecies in Kansas: _P. n. nivalis_ (Linnaeus).

_Transmitted May 19, 1955._

Index to Common Names

Acadian Flycatcher, 334
Alder Flycatcher, 334
American Bittern, 312
American Coot, 322
American Egret, 311
American Knot, 325
American Magpie, 336
American Merganser, 317
American Raven, 336
American Redstart, 346
American Woodcock, 323
Arizona Jay, 336
Ash-throated Flycatcher, 333
Audubon Warbler, 343
Avocet, 326

Baird Sandpiper, 325
Baird Sparrow, 350
Bald Eagle, 319
Baldpate, 315
Baltimore Oriole, 347
Bank Swallow, 335
Barn Owl, 330
Barn Swallow, 335
Barred Owl, 330
Bay-breasted Warbler, 344
Bell Vireo, 341
Belted Kingfisher, 331
Bewick Wren, 338
Black and White Warbler, 342
Black-bellied Plover, 323
Black-billed Cuckoo, 329
blackbirds, 346-348
Blackburnian Warbler, 344
Black-capped Chickadee, 337
Black-capped Vireo, 341
Black-crowned Night Heron, 312
Black Duck, 314
Black-headed Grosbeak, 348
Black-necked Stilt, 326
Black-poll Warbler, 344
Black Rail, 322
Black Tern, 328
Black-throated Blue Warbler, 343
Black-throated Gray Warbler, 344
Black-throated Green Warbler, 344
Black-throated Sparrow, 352
Black Vulture, 318
Blue Goose, 314
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 340
Blue Grosbeak, 348
Blue Jay, 336
Blue-winged Teal, 315
Blue-winged Warbler, 342
Bobolink, 346
Bob-white, 321
Bohemian Waxwing, 340
Bonaparte Gull, 328
Brant, 314
Brewer Blackbird, 347
Brewer Sparrow, 352
Broad-winged Hawk, 319
Bronzed Grackle, 348
Brown Creeper, 337
Brown Pelican, 311
Brown Thrasher, 338
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 326
Buffle-head, 316
Bullock Oriole, 347
buntings, 348-354
Burrowing Owl, 330

California Gull, 327
Calliope Hummingbird, 331
Canada Goose, 313
Canada Warbler, 346
Canvas-back, 316
Cape May Warbler, 343
Cardinal, 348
Carolina Chickadee, 337
Carolina Paroquet, 329
Carolina Wren, 338
Caspian Tern, 328
Cassin Kingbird, 333
Cassin Sparrow, 351
Catbird, 338
Cedar Waxwing, 340
Cerulean Warbler, 344
Chestnut-backed Bluebird, 339
Chestnut-collared Longspur, 354
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 344
chickadees, 337
Chimney Swift, 331
Chipping Sparrow, 352
Chuck-will's-widow, 331
Cinnamon Teal, 315
Clark Nutcracker, 337
Clay-colored Sparrow, 352
Cliff Swallow, 335
Common Loon, 310
Common Scoter, 317
Common Tern, 328
Cooper Hawk, 318
cormorants, 311
corvids, 336-337
Cowbird, 348
cranes, 321
Crested Flycatcher, 333
crossbills, 350
Crow, 336
cuckoos, 329-330

Dickcissel, 349
Double-crested Cormorant, 311
doves, 328-329
Downy Woodpecker, 333
Duck Hawk, 320
ducks, 314-317

eagles, 319
Eared Grebe, 310
Eastern Bluebird, 339
Eastern Goldfinch, 350
Eastern Kingbird, 333
Eastern Meadowlark, 346
Eastern Phoebe, 334
Eastern Wood Pewee, 335
Eider, 316
English Sparrow, 346
Eskimo Curlew, 324
European Widgeon, 315
Evening Grosbeak, 349

falcons, 320
Ferruginous Rough-leg, 319
Field Sparrow, 352
finches, 348-354
Flamingo, 313
Florida Gallinule, 322
flycatchers, 333-335
Forster Tern, 328
Fox Sparrow, 353
Franklin Gull, 327
Fulvous Tree-duck, 314

Gadwall, 315
geese, 313-314
Glaucous Gull, 327
goatsuckers, 331
Golden-crowned Kinglet, 340
Golden Eagle, 319
Golden-eye, 316
Golden Plover, 323
Golden-winged Warbler, 342
Goshawk, 318
Grasshopper Sparrow, 350
Gray-cheeked Thrush, 339
Great Blue Heron, 311
Greater Prairie Chicken, 320
Greater Scaup Duck, 316
Greater Yellow-legs, 325
grebes, 310
Green Heron, 312
Green-tailed Towhee, 350
Green-winged Teal, 315
Groove-billed Ani, 330
grosbeaks, 348-349
Ground Dove, 329
grouse, 320-321
gulls, 327-328
Gyrfalcon, 320

Hairy Woodpecker, 333
Harris Hawk, 319
Harris Sparrow, 353
Hawk Owl, 330
hawks, 318-320
Henslow Sparrow, 351
Hermit Thrush, 339
herons, 311-312
Herring Gull, 327
Hooded Merganser, 317
Hooded Oriole, 347
Hooded Warbler, 346
Horned Grebe, 310
Horned Lark, 335
Horned Owl, 330
House Finch, 349
House Wren, 337
Hudsonian Curlew, 324
Hudsonian Godwit, 326
hummingbirds, 331

ibises, 312-313
Inca Dove, 329
Indigo Bunting, 349

jaegers, 327
jays, 336-337
juncos, 352

Kentucky Warbler, 345
Killdeer, 323
King Eider, 316
kingfisher, 331
kinglets, 340
King Rail, 321
kites, 318
Kittiwake, 328

Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 333
Lapland Longspur, 353
lark, 335
Lark Bunting, 350
Lark Sparrow, 351
Laughing Gull, 327
Lazuli Bunting, 349
Least Bittern, 312
Least Flycatcher, 334
Least Sandpiper, 325
Least Tern, 328
Leconte Sparrow, 351
Lesser Prairie Chicken, 320
Lesser Scaup Duck, 316
Lesser Yellow-legs, 325
Lewis Woodpecker, 332
Lincoln Sparrow, 353
Little Blue Heron, 312
Loggerhead Shrike, 341
Long-billed Curlew, 324
Long-billed Dowitcher, 325
Long-billed Marsh Wren, 338
Long-eared Owl, 330
longspurs, 353-354
Long-tailed Jaeger, 327
loons, 310
Louisiana Heron, 312
Louisiana Water-thrush, 345

Macgillivray Warbler, 345
Magnolia Warbler, 343
magpie, 336
Mallard, 314
Man-o'-war-bird, 311
Marbled Godwit, 326
Marsh Hawk, 320
McCown Longspur, 353
meadowlarks, 346-347
Mexican Cormorant, 311
Mississippi Kite, 318
Mockingbird, 338
Mottled Duck, 314
Mountain Bluebird, 340
Mountain Plover, 323
Mourning Dove, 329
Mourning Warbler, 345
Myrtle Warbler, 343

Nashville Warbler, 343
Nighthawk, 331
Northern Phalarope, 327
Northern Shrike, 341
Northern Water-thrush, 345
nuthatches, 337

Old-squaw, 316
Olive-backed Thrush, 339
Olive-sided Flycatcher, 335
Orange-crowned Warbler, 343
Orchard Oriole, 347
Oregon Junco, 352
orioles, 347
Osprey, 320
Oven-bird, 345
owls, 330-331

Painted Bunting, 349
Palm Warbler, 345
Parula Warbler, 343
Passenger Pigeon, 329
Pectoral Sandpiper, 325
pelicans, 311
phalaropes, 326-327
Philadelphia Vireo, 342
Pied-billed Grebe, 310
Pigeon Hawk, 320
pigeons, 328-329
Pileated Woodpecker, 332
Pine Grosbeak, 349
Pine Siskin, 349
Pine Warbler, 344
Pine-woods Sparrow, 351
Pinon Jay, 337
Pintail, 315
Piping Plover, 323
pipits, 340
plovers, 323
Pomarine Jaeger, 327
Poor-will, 331
Prairie Falcon, 320
Prairie Warbler, 344
Prothonotary Warbler, 342
Purple Finch, 349
Purple Gallinule, 322
Purple Martin, 336

quail, 321

rails, 321-322
ravens, 336
Red-backed Sandpiper, 325
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 332
Red-breasted Merganser, 317
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 337
Red Crossbill, 350
Red-eyed Towhee, 350
Red-eyed Vireo, 342
Redhead, 315
Red-headed Woodpecker, 332
Red-necked Grebe, 310
Red Phalarope, 326
Redpoll, 349
Red-shafted Flicker, 332
Red-shouldered Hawk, 318
Red-tailed Hawk, 318
Red-throated Loon, 310
Red-wing, 347
Ring-billed Gull, 327
Ring-necked Duck, 316
Ring-necked Pheasant, 321
Road-runner, 329
Robin, 339
Rock Dove, 328
Rock Wren, 338
Roseate Spoonbill, 313
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 348
Ross Goose, 314
Rough-legged Hawk, 319
Rough-winged Swallow, 335
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 340
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 331
Ruddy Duck, 317
Ruddy Turnstone, 323
Ruffed Grouse, 320
Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 351
Rusty Blackbird, 347

Sabine Gull, 328
Sage Thrasher, 338
Sanderling, 326
Sandhill Crane, 321
sandpipers, 323-326
Savannah Sparrow, 350
Saw-whet Owl, 330
Say Phoebe, 334
Scaled Quail, 321
Scarlet Tanager, 348
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 333
Screech Owl, 330
Scrub Jay, 336
Semipalmated Plover, 323
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 325
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 318
Sharp-tailed Grouse, 321
Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 351
Short-billed Dowitcher, 325
Short-billed Marsh Wren, 338
Short-eared Owl, 330
shrikes, 341
Shoveller, 315
Slate-colored Junco, 352
Smith Longspur, 353
Snow Bunting, 354
Snow Goose, 314
Snowy Egret, 311
Snowy Owl, 330
Snowy Plover, 323
Solitary Sandpiper, 324
Solitary Vireo, 341
Song Sparrow, 353
Sora, 322
Sparrow Hawk, 320
sparrows, 348-354
Spotted Sandpiper, 324
Sprague Pipit, 340
Starling, 341
Steller Jay, 336
Stilt Sandpiper, 325
Summer Tanager, 348
Surf Scoter, 317
Swainson Hawk, 319
swallows, 335-336
Swallow-tailed Kite, 318
Swamp Sparrow, 353
swans, 313
swift, 331
Sycamore Warbler, 344

tanagers, 348
Tennessee Warbler, 342
terns, 328
thrashers, 338
thrushes, 339-340
towhees, 350
Townsend Solitaire, 340
Townsend Warbler, 344
Tree Sparrow, 352
Tree Swallow, 335
Trumpeter Swan, 313
Tufted Titmouse, 337
Turkey, 321
Turkey Vulture, 317

Upland Plover, 324

Varied Thrush, 339
Veery, 339
Vesper Sparrow, 351
Violet-green Swallow, 335
vireos, 341-342
Virginia Rail, 322
Virginia Warbler, 343
vultures, 317-318

warblers, 342-346
Warbling Vireo, 342
Water Pipit, 340
Water-turkey, 311
waxwings, 340
Western Flycatcher, 334
Western Grebe, 310
Western Kingbird, 333
Western Meadowlark, 347
Western Sandpiper, 326
Western Tanager, 348
Western Wood Pewee, 335
Whip-poor-will, 331
Whistling Swan, 313
White-breasted Nuthatch, 337
White-crowned Sparrow, 353
White-eyed Vireo, 341
White-faced Glossy Ibis, 313
White-fronted Goose, 314
White-necked Raven, 336
White Pelican, 311
White-rumped Sandpiper, 325
White-throated Sparrow, 353
White-winged Crossbill, 350
White-winged Junco, 352
White-winged Scoter, 317
Whooping Crane, 321
Willet, 324
Williamson Sapsucker, 333
Wilson Phalarope, 326
Wilson Snipe, 324
Wilson Warbler, 346
Winter Wren, 337
Wood Duck, 315
Wood Ibis, 312
woodpeckers, 331-333
Wood Thrush, 339
Worm-eating Warbler, 342
wrens, 337-338
Wright Flycatcher, 334

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 334
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 332
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 329
Yellow-breasted Chat, 346
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 312
Yellow-headed Blackbird, 347
Yellow Rail, 322
Yellow-shafted Flicker, 331
Yellow-throat, 345
Yellow-throated Vireo, 341
Yellow Warbler, 343

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1951.

14. A new name for the Mexican red bat. By E. Raymond Hall.
Pp. 223-226. December 15, 1951.

15. Taxonomic notes on Mexican bats of the Genus Rhogeessa.
By E. Raymond Hall. Pp. 227-232. April 10, 1952.

16. Comments on the taxonomy and geographic distribution of
some North American woodrats (Genus Neotoma). By Keith R.
Kelson. Pp. 233-242. April 10, 1952.

17. The subspecies of the Mexican red-bellied squirrel,
Sciurus aureogaster. By Keith R. Kelson. Pp. 243-250,
1 figure in text. April 10, 1952.

18. Geographic range of Peromyscus melanophrys, with
description of new subspecies. By Rollin H. Baker.
Pp. 251-258, 1 figure in text. May 10, 1952.

19. A new chipmunk (Genus Eutamias) from the Black Hills.
By John A. White. Pp. 259-262. April 10, 1952.

20. A new pinon mouse (Peromyscus truei) from Durango, Mexico.
By Robert B. Finley, Jr. Pp. 263-267. May 23, 1952.

21. An annotated checklist of Nebraskan bats. By Olin L. Webb
and J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 269-279. May 31, 1952.

22. Geographic variation in red-backed mice (Genus
Clethrionomys) of the southern Rocky Mountain region.
By E. Lendell Cockrum and Kenneth L. Fitch.
Pp. 281-292, 1 figure in text. November 15, 1952.

23. Comments on the taxonomy and geographic distribution of
North American microtines. By E. Raymond Hall and E.
Lendell Cockrum. Pp. 293-312. November 17, 1952.

24. The subspecific status of two Central American sloths.
By E. Raymond Hall and Keith R. Kelson. Pp. 313-317.
November 21, 1952.

25. Comments on the taxonomy and geographic distribution of
some North American marsupials, insectivores, and
carnivores. By E. Raymond Hall and Keith R. Kelson.
Pp. 319-341. December 5, 1952.

26. Comments on the taxonomy and geographic distribution of
some North American rodents. By E. Raymond Hall and Keith
R. Kelson. Pp. 343-371. December 15, 1952.

27. A synopsis of the North American microtine rodents. By E.
Raymond Hall and E. Lendell Cockrum. Pp. 373-498,
149 figures in text. January 15, 1953.

28. The pocket gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Coahuila, Mexico.
By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 499-514, 1 figure in text.
June 1, 1953.

29. Geographic distribution of the pocket mouse, Perognathus
fasciatus. By J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 515-526, 7 figures
in text. August 1, 1953.

30. A new subspecies of wood rat (Neotoma mexicana) from
Colorado. By Robert B. Finley, Jr. Pp. 527-534,
2 figures in text. August 15, 1953.

31. Four new pocket gophers of the genus Cratogeomys from
Jalisco, Mexico. By Robert J. Russell. Pp. 535-542.
October 15, 1953.

32. Genera and subgenera of chipmunks. By John A. White.
Pp. 543-561, 12 figures in text. December 1, 1953.

33. Taxonomy of the chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and
Eutamias umbrinus. By John A. White. Pp. 563-582,
6 figures in text. December 1, 1953.

34. Geographic distribution and taxonomy of the chipmunks of
Wyoming. By John A. White. Pp. 584-610, 3 figures in text.
December 1, 1953.

35. The baculum of the chipmunks of western North America. By
John A. White. Pp. 611-631, 19 figures in text.
December 1, 1953.

36. Pleistocene Soricidae from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon,
Mexico. By James S. Findley. Pp. 633-639. December 1,
1953.

37. Seventeen species of bats recorded from Barro Colorado
Island, Panama Canal Zone. By E. Raymond Hall and William
B. Jackson. Pp. 641-646. December 1, 1953.

Index. Pp. 647-676.

*Vol. 6. (Complete) Mammals of Utah, _taxonomy and distribution_.
By Stephen D. Durrant. Pp. 1-549, 91 figures in text,
30 tables. August 10, 1952.

Vol. 7. *1. Mammals of Kansas. By E. Lendell Cockrum. Pp. 1-303,
73 figures in text, 37 tables. August 25, 1952.

2. Ecology of the opossum on a natural area in northeastern
Kansas. By Henry S. Fitch and Lewis L. Sandidge.
Pp. 305-338, 5 figures in text. August 24, 1953.

3. The silky pocket mice (Perognathus flavus) of Mexico.
By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 339-347, 1 figure in text.
February 15, 1954.

4. North American jumping mice (Genus Zapus). By Philip H.
Krutzsch. Pp. 349-472, 47 figures in text, 4 tables.
April 21, 1954.

5. Mammals from Southeastern Alaska. By Rollin H. Baker
and James S. Findley. Pp. 473-477. April 21, 1954.

6. Distribution of some Nebraskan Mammals. By J. Knox
Jones, Jr. Pp. 479-487. April 21, 1954.

7. Subspeciation in the montane meadow mouse, Microtus
montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado. By Sydney Anderson.
Pp. 489-506, 2 figures in text. July 23, 1954.

8. A new subspecies of bat (Myotis velifer) from southeastern
California and Arizona. By Terry A. Vaughn. Pp. 507-512.
July 23, 1954.

9. Mammals of the San Gabriel mountains of California.
By Terry A. Vaughn. Pp. 513-582, 1 figure in text,
12 tables. November 15, 1954.

10. A new bat (Genus Pipistrellus) from northeastern Mexico.
By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 583-586. November 15, 1954.

11. A new subspecies of pocket mouse from Kansas.
By E. Raymond Hall. Pp. 587-590. November 15, 1954.

12. Geographic variation in the pocket gopher, Cratogeomys
castanops, in Coahuila, Mexico. By Robert J. Russell and
Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 591-608. March 15, 1955.

13. A new cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) from northeastern
Mexico. By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 609-612. April 8, 1955.

14. Taxonomy and distribution of some American shrews.
By James S. Findley. Pp. 613-618. June 10, 1955.

15. Distribution and systematic position of the pigmy woodrat,
Neotoma goldmani. By Dennis G. Rainey and Rollin H. Baker.
Pp. 619-624, 2 figs. in text. June 10, 1955.

Index. Pp. 625-651.

Vol. 8. 1. Life history and ecology of the five-lined skink, Eumeces
fasciatus. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 1-156, 2 pls., 26 figs.
in text, 17 tables. September 1, 1954.

2. Myology and serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae, a
taxonomic study. By William B. Stallcup. Pp. 157-211,
23 figures in text, 4 tables. November 15, 1954.

3. An ecological study of the collared lizard (Crotaphytus
collaris). By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 213-274, 10 figures in
text. February 10, 1956.

4. A field study of the Kansas ant-eating frog, Gastrophryne
olivacea. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 275-306, 9 figures in
text. February 10, 1956.

5. Check-list of the birds of Kansas. By Harrison B. Tordoff.
Pp. 307-359, 1 figure in text. March 10, 1956.

More numbers will appear in volume 8.

Vol. 9. 1. Speciation of the wandering shrew. By James S. Findley.
Pp. 1-68, 18 figures in text. December 10, 1955.

2. Additional records and extensions of ranges of mammals
from Utah. By Stephen D. Durrant, M. Raymond Lee, and
Richard M. Hansen. Pp. 69-80. December 10, 1955.

3. A new long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) from northeastern
Mexico. By Rollin H. Baker and Howard J. Stains.
Pp. 81-84. December 10, 1955.

More numbers will appear in volume 9.

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