Part 16

Empidonax traillii. Alder Flycatcher. Transient throughout state; no satisfactory nesting records or specimens taken in breeding season.

Subspecies in Kansas: E. t. brewsteri Oberholser transient, probably more common in west, and E. t. traillii (Audubon) transient and perhaps breeding in east.

Empidonax minimus (Baird and Baird). Least Flycatcher. Common transient throughout state; no satisfactory evidence of nesting.

No subspecies recognized.

Empidonax oberholseri Phillips. Wright Flycatcher. Known only from three specimens, May 8 (male and female) and May 12 (male), 1950, eight miles south of Richfield, Morton County, Richard and Jean Graber.

No subspecies recognized.

Empidonax difficilis. Western Flycatcher. Known only from two specimens taken eight miles south of Richfield, Morton County; September 3, 1952, immature female, Jean Graber; September 5, 1952, immature male (KU 31203), Richard Graber.

Subspecies in Kansas: E. d. hellmayri Brodkorb (female specimen); intermediate between E. d. hellmayri and E. d. difficilis Baird (male specimen).

* Contopus virens (Linnaeus). Eastern Wood Pewee. Common transient and summer resident in east, rare transient in west. Breeding distribution in state poorly known.

No subspecies recognized.

Contopus richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee. Common transient and probably summer resident in west; rare transient in east (specimen from Greenwood County and one seen in Cloud County). No nesting record.

Subspecies in Kansas: C. r. richardsonii (Swainson).

Nuttallornis borealis (Swainson). Olive-sided Flycatcher. Uncommon transient throughout state.

No subspecies recognized.

* Eremophila alpestris. Horned Lark. Common transient and resident throughout state. Numbers augmented by northern birds in winter.

Subspecies in Kansas: E. a. praticola (Henshaw) resident in east; E. a. enthymia (Oberholser) resident west of Flint Hills; E. a. hoyti (Bishop), E. a. alpestris (Linnaeus), and E. a. leucolaema (Coues) in winter.

* Iridoprocne bicolor (Vieillot). Tree Swallow. Summer resident in extreme northeastern Kansas; common transient throughout eastern half of state, status in west not known. Nesting records only from Doniphan County, along Missouri River, four nests located by Linsdale, in 1922, 1923, and 1924, and Leavenworth County, nests found by Brumwell along Missouri River.

No subspecies recognized.

* Riparia riparia. Bank Swallow. Common transient and summer resident, probably throughout state but status in northwest not known.

Subspecies in Kansas: R. r. riparia (Linnaeus).

* Stelgidopteryx ruficollis. Rough-winged Swallow. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: S. r. serripennis (Audubon).

* Hirundo rustica. Barn Swallow. Common transient and summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: H. r. erythrogaster Boddaert.

* Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. Cliff Swallow. Common transient and locally common summer resident throughout state.

Subspecies in Kansas: P. p. pyrrhonota (Vieillot).

Progne subis. Purple Martin. Common transient and summer resident in east to uncommon or rare in west.

Subspecies in Kansas: P. s. subis (Linnaeus).