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63. Ai-dea herodias heiodias (Linn.). Great Blue Heron. Summer 

 resident; common. 



64. Herodias egretta (GmeL). Egret. Summer visitant; not un- 

 common. 



65. Egretta candidissima candidissima (Gmelin). Snowy Egret. 

 Summer visitant; occasional. 



66. Florida caerulea (Linn.). Little Blue Heron. Summer visitant; 

 rare. 



67. Butorides virescens virescens (Linn,). Green Heron. Summer 

 resident; common. 



68. Nycticorax nycticorax navius (Bood.). Black-crowned Night 

 Heron. A rare summer resident. 



69. Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.). Yellow-crowned Night Heron. A 

 rare summer resident. 



XIV. Family GRUID^. Cranes. 



70. Grus americana (Linn.). Whooping Crane. Migratory; rare. 



71. Grus canadensis (Linn.). Little Brown Crane. Migratory; com- 

 mon. 



72. Grus mexicana (Mull.). Sandhill Crane. Migratory; common. 



XV. Family RALLID^. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. 



73. Rallus elegans (Aud.). King Rail. Summer resident; common. 



74. Rallus virginianus (Linn.). Virginia Rail. A very rare summer 

 resident; a common migrant. 



7.5. Porzana Carolina (Linn.). Sora. Summer resident; common. 



76. Coturnicops noveboracensis (GmeL). Yellow Rail. Summer resi- 

 dent; rare. 



77. Creciscus jamaicensis (Gmelin). Black Rail. Summer resident; 

 rare. 



78. fbnornis niartinicus (Linn.). Purple Gallinule. Occasional. Two 

 specimens have been collected in Douglas county; the first one by Grant 

 Mull, April 26, 1896, and the second by H. J. Newman, April 18, 1909. 

 Both are in the University Museum. 



79. Gallinula galeata (Licht.). Florida Gallinule. A very rare sum- 

 mer resident. 



80. Fulica americana (Gmelin). Coot. Summer resident; abundant. 



XVI. Family PHALAROPODID^. Phalaropes. 



81. Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). Red Phalarope. Accidental. 

 Added to the list by E. E. Brown, November .5, 190.5. The specimen was 

 a female, taken at Lake View. 



82. Lobipes lobatus (Linn.). Northern Phalarope. Migratory; rare. 

 83; Steganopus tricolor (Vieillot). Wilson's Phalarope. Migratory; 



common. 



XVII. Family RECURVIROSTRID^. .Avocets and Stilts. 

 84. Recurvirostra americana (Gmelin). American Avocet. A rare 

 summer resident ; a common migrant. 



