Part 26

* 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.