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Sept., 1909 FALL NOTES FROM EASTERN KANSAS 157 along Washington Creek, but they were not at all common. One was also taken at the edge of a pond in the weeds, where it was feeding on frogs. 2. Porzana carolina. Sora. One taken Sept. 19, 1907, in a small marsh, was the only. one seen. We were rather surprised to find it here, as it was a dry marsh, far from water, and there had been no rain for some time. 3. Bartramia longicauda. Bartramian Sandpiper. A single bird taken in an open field on top of a hill on the morning of Sept. 22, 1907. It had apparently just come in, and was looking for a place to light. 4. Colinus virginianus virginianus. Bob-White. During 1907 there were one or two pairs of quail along the side-hill south of camp, where they could be heard calling during the morning and evening. The next year there were%t least three coveys within a radius of a mile; but the nearly grown birds were hard to flush. The birds here were probably from first settings, and were larger than those found in the river bottoms, whose first nests were destroyed by the heavy June floods. 5. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. Common in suitable localities along Hasty Creek. We were sure of finding from two to a'dozen during the morning and evening, near a ford, where they came for water. During the morning they sat around in the trees a good deal, and frequently came flying swiftly into water, while we were watching. Several young birds were taken in the immature plumage. The birds were seen nsually two, three, or four together, showing that the male, female, and their young had remained in company after the nesting season. 6. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. During 1907 there were three or four of these birds in the icinity, but the next year the number had increast to twenty-five. They spent m9st of their time around the hills to the south, but shooting disturbed them, and when we were out in that direction they usually soared off across the valley. One or two, and sometimes the whole flock, were in sight from camp nearly all day long. 7. Ictinia mississippiensis. Mississippi Kite. During 1907 a flock of a dozen of these birds was found every day feeding over the bare hills south of camp. There was a'long ridge here, with a series of points projecting from it, the whole covered with sumach bushes and tall weeds. In this cover there were great num- bers of a species of cicada, on which the kites were feeding. They hunted back and forth in long circles, soaring and turning, hardly ever getting very far from the earth. Occasionally one swoopt down over the brush, and captured an insect, and sailed off eating it while flying. We never saw the birds in trees during our whole stay, but always on the wing. The first day they were tame, and came right around us, and it was a minute or two before we realized what they were. We had several good shots, but had no loads heavy enough for them, and so were forced to come back later on. We got one that afternoon (Sept. 14, 1907) and two others later (Sept. 15 and 16), but the birds had become wilder and were hard to get. We had to remain quiet hidden in the weeds until the birds drifted around close enough for a shot. They appeared to roost somewhere to the east, as they always came from that direction in the morning, and went that way in the evening. Those taken had all eaten nothing but the cicadas, and were exceedingly fat. They were gone by September 20, and were not seen again. We lookt for them carefully the next year, but failed to find them. This is, so far as is known, the farthest north that they have been taken in the state, tho they are reported as nesting near Baldwin, Kansas.