_Breeding schedule._--Twelve records of breeding span the period June 20 to September 10 (Fig. 9); the modal date for laying is August 5. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 4 eggs (4.4, 3-6; 8). Nests are placed from two to eight feet high in woody or herbaceous vegetation. =Red Crossbill=: _Loxia curvirostra_ Linnaeus.--This is an uncommon and irregular winter visitant to Kansas, but it nested once in Shawnee County. _L. c. minor_ (Brehm), on geographic grounds, probably nested here, but five other subspecies have been recorded in the State and any one of these might have undertaken the aberrant breeding. _Breeding record._--Three eggs, set completed March 24, 1917, Shawnee County; successfully fledged (Hyde, 1917:166). The species usually lays 4 eggs and places its nests in conifers. =Rufous-sided Towhee=: _Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus_ (Linnaeus).--This is an uncommon summer resident in eastern Kansas, in understory of woodland and streamside timber. Specimens taken in the breeding season and actual records of nesting come from east of stations in Cloud, Marion, and Cherokee counties. Temporal occurrence is indicated in Table 20; records of _P. e. arcticus_ (Swainson) have been eliminated from the sample as far as has been possible. _Breeding schedule._--Nineteen records of breeding span the period April 21 to August 10 (Fig. 9); the modal date for egg-laying is May 5. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 4 eggs (4.0, 3-7; 14). Nests are placed on the ground, in heavy cover. [Illustration: FIG. 9.--Histograms representing breeding schedules of cardueline and emberizine finches in Kansas. See legend to Figure 1 for explanation of histograms.] =Lark Bunting=: _Calamospiza melanocorys_ Stejneger.--This species is ordinarily a common summer resident in western Kansas, in grassland and open scrub. Specimens taken in the breeding season and all breeding records except one for western Franklin County come from west of stations in Decatur, Ellis, and Comanche counties. Irregular fluctuations in breeding density have been recorded from Decatur County (Wolfe, 1961). Temporal occurrence is indicated in Table 20. _Breeding schedule._--Fourteen records of breeding span the period May 21 to June 20; the modal date of egg-laying cannot be determined from the present sample. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 4 eggs (4.1, 3-5; 7). Nests are placed on the ground, at bases of clumps of grasses. =Grasshopper Sparrow=: _Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus_ (Coues).--This species is a local and at times common summer resident throughout Kansas, in grassland. Temporal occurrence is indicated in Table 20. _Breeding schedule._--Seven records of breeding fall in the period May 1 to June 30; the modal date of laying seems to be about May 21. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is 5 eggs (4.8, 4-5; 5). Nests are placed on the ground or in low vegetation, with cover of grasses or forbs.