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583. Otocoris alpestris praticola (con.)

584. Colaptes auratus luteus

Cardinal

Flicker

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Chicadee
Tufted Titmouse

Pigeon Hawk

Sparrows

Prairie Horned Lark

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slate base of mandible dull white. tarsus dusky. Length 6 1/8 wing 3 7/8 tail 2 3/8 [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents. seeds.

584. Colaptes auratus luteus. A. Wetmore. Verdigris River near R.R. Bridge. Independence, Kan. iris brown. bill black. tarsus slate. Length 11 5/8 wing 6 tail 3 7/8 [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents insects.

This afternoon I followed the Verdigris River up for some distance. Saw quite a number of Cardinals. They gave a note like [[underlined]] tsit [[/underlined]] while sitting. They were quite hard to find. The one I shot was eating grapes. When they lit in a tree they kept quiet and so were inconspicuous. They flew along in the brush like large sparrows.

There were quite a number of Flickers. They were generally seen in the trees flying along ahead. They were not very noisy. I also heard several red-bellied Woodpeckers.

A flock of Chicadees came along and with them was a Tufted Titmouse. It was over the water and so I did not shoot it.  It worked quietly along [[strikethrough]] across [[/strikethrough]] among the limbs and finally went across the river. It struck me as being very unnoticeable.

Scared a Pigeon Hawk out of some brush but did not shoot it. It was probably attracted by a large flock of mixed sparrows.

Came home through a field and ran ran into a flock of Prairie Horned Larks. I shot one. It was very different from Wisconsin specimens and may be some other subspecies. They were perching in a field which