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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