=Wilson Phalarope=: _Steganopus tricolor_ Vieillot.--This is a local summer resident in marshes in central and western Kansas, but breeding records are available only from Barton County. The earliest date of occurrence is April 7 and the latest is October 14. _Breeding schedule._--Ten records indicate eggs are laid in May and June. _Number of eggs._--Three or 4 eggs are laid. Nests are of plant stems in slight depressions in the ground. =Forster Tern=: _Sterna forsteri_ Nuttall.--This is a local summer resident in central Kansas, in marshes. There are breeding records only from Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County (Zuvanich, 1963:1). First dates of arrival in spring span the period April 9 to 29 (the median is April 22), and apparent departure south in autumn occurs from August 1 to November 1 (the median is September 3). _Breeding schedule._--Twenty-three records of nesting are from late May to mid-June; all records are for the year 1962. _Number of eggs._--Usually 4 eggs are laid. Nests are frequently floating platforms of vegetation (algae, cattail, and the like) in shallow water; old nests of Pied-billed Grebes are sometimes used as bases, and occasionally the birds nest on the ground. =Least Tern=: _Sterna albifrons athalassos_ Burleigh and Lowery.--This tern is a local summer resident in marshes and along streams in central and western Kansas. There are breeding records from Hamilton, Meade, and Stafford counties. First dates of arrival in spring are from May 14 to 30 (the median is May 28), and last dates of occurrence in autumn are from August 9 to September 7 (the median is August 25). _Breeding schedule._--Twenty-one records of egg-laying are from May 21 to June 30 (Fig. 4); the modal date for laying is June 5. _Number of eggs._--Two, 3 or 4 eggs are laid. Eggs are laid on the bare ground, usually a sandy surface, near water. =Black Tern=: _Chlidonias niger surinamensis_ (Gmelin).--This is a local summer resident in marshlands in central Kansas. There are breeding records only from Barton County for 1961 and 1962; possibly the species breeds in Douglas County. First dates of arrival in spring are from May 3 to 29 (the median is May 14), and last dates of occurrence in autumn are from September 2 to 30 (the median is September 11). _Breeding schedule._--Twenty-four sets of eggs (Parmelee, 1961:25; M. Schwilling) were complete between June 11 and July 12. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 3 eggs. Nests are of dead plant matter placed on floating parts of emergent green plants in shallow water. =Rock Dove=: _Columba livia_ Gmelin.--This species was introduced into North America by man from European stocks of semi-domesticated ancestry. "Pigeons" now are feral around towns and farms, and cliffsides in the west, and are locally common permanent residents throughout the State.