Field notes, v1472
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Long: Kansas Birds 100. Colinus virginianus taylori Lincoln. Western Bobwhite. Common resident in the western part of the state, in suitable localities. Probably occurs as far east as the Flint Hills. 101. Callipepla squamata pallida Brewster. Arizona Scaled Quail. Fairly common resident in southwest, at least as far north as the Arkansas river. 102. Phasianus colchicus torquatus Gmelin. Ring-necked Pheasant. Introduced; common in northwestern Kansas. 103. Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot. Eastern Turkey. Formerly an abundant resident; now extinct in the state. Formerly it probably occurred along all of the timbered streams. 104. Grus americana (Linnaeus). Whooping Crane. Formerly a common migrant throughout the state; now almost extinct. 105. Grus canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus). Little Brown Crane. Formerly a common migrant; now rare. 106. Grus canadensis tabida (Peters). Sandhill Crane. Formerly an abundant migrant; now only occasional. 107. Rallus elegans elegans Audubon. King Rail. Common summer resident in suitable localities. 108. Rallus limicola limicola Vieillot. Virginia Rail. Irregular migrant; sometimes common. There are no definite breeding records. 109. Porzana carolina (Linnaeus). Sora. Rare summer resident; common migrant. 110. Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin). Yellow rail. Uncommon migrant. Because of its secretive habits, this rail probably is more common than the few records indicate. 111. Creciscus jamaicensis stoddardi Coale. Black Rail. Rare summer resident in suitable localities. 112. Ionornis martinica (Linnaeus). Purple Gallinule. Rare straggler. About five specimens of this southern bird are on record. 113. Gallinula chloropus cachinnans Bangs. Florida Gallinule. Rare summer resident in suitable localities. There are many specimens, but only one breeding record, from Coffey county. 114. Fulica americana americana Gmelin. American Coot. Common summer resident in suitable localities. 115. Charadrius melodus Ord. Piping Plover. Rare Migrant. Four specimens are known from Douglas and Stafford counties, and there are one or two additional sight records. 116. Charadrius nivosus tenuirostris (Lawrence). Cuban Snowy Plover. Occasional summer resident in Clark and Comanche counties; a migrant, only, in most of the rest of the state. 117. Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte. Semipalmated Plover. Occasional migrant throughout the state. 118. Eupoda montana (Townsend). Mountain Plover. Common summer resident in western Kansas. This plover occurs only on the native grassy prairies of the extreme west. 119. Oxyechus vociferus vociferus (Linnaeus). Killdeer. Common summer resident throughout the state. 120. Pluvialis dominica dominica (Müller). American Golden Plover. Formerly an abundant migrant; now uncommon.