=Common Gallinule=: _Gallinula chloropus cachinnans_ Bangs.--This is a local summer resident in marshlands. Nesting records and specimens taken in the breeding season come from Barton, Stafford, Shawnee, Douglas, and Coffey counties. Occurrence in the State is from April through September. _Breeding schedule._--Eggs are laid in May and June. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is about 10 eggs. Nests are in marsh grasses and other emergent vegetation, not necessarily over water. =American Coot=: _Fulica americana americana_ Gmelin.--This is an uncommon, local summer resident in wetlands in Kansas. Coots are at greatest abundance in autumnal and spring migratory movements, but are present all year. Nesting has been recorded from Barton, Stafford, Doniphan, and Douglas counties. _Breeding schedule._--Thirty-eight records of breeding span the period May 11 to June 30; the mode to laying is May 25. Earlier breeding probably occurs in the State. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 8 eggs (7.7, 5-12; 28). Nests are made of marsh vegetation (arrowhead, cattail) and float on water. =Snowy Plover=: _Charadrius alexandrinus tenuirostris_ (Lawrence).--This summer resident is fairly common on the saline flats of central and south-central Kansas. Breeding records are from Barton, Stafford, Meade, Clark, and Comanche counties. _Breeding schedule._--Fifteen records show that eggs are laid in the period May 25 to June 20; the peak of laying seems to be around June 10. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 3 eggs. Eggs are deposited on bare sand. =Killdeer=: _Charadrius vociferus vociferus_ Linnaeus.--This summer resident is common throughout the State, in open country frequently near wetlands. A few individuals overwinter in Kansas, especially in the southern counties. _Breeding schedule._--The 29 records of breeding span the period March 21 to June 30; the modal date of laying is May 20. The distribution of completed clutches (Fig. 3) suggests that Killdeers are here double-brooded. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 4 eggs. Eggs are laid on the surface of the ground, frequently on gravel, field stubble, plowed earth, and pasture. =Mountain Plover=: _Eupoda montana_ (Townsend).--This is an uncommon and local summer resident in western short-grass prairie. Breeding records come from Greeley and Decatur counties. _Breeding schedule._--Wolfe (1961) wrote that the species in Decatur County laid eggs in the "last of May" in the early 1900s. The only other dated breeding record is of downy young (KU 5512, 5513) taken on June 21. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is usually 3 eggs. Eggs are laid in slight depressions in the ground, "lined with a few grass stems," according to Wolfe (1961).