70 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Order PALUDICOL/E. — Cranes, Rails, etc. 

 Family GRUID^.— Cranes. 



204. Grus americana {Linn.). — Whooping Crane. 



West Point, Craig, Holt county, Omaha, etc. (L. Brunei); "Occasionally seen 

 in northern Nebraska" (Aughey); "Migratory, somewhat common" (Tay- 

 lor); "Interior of North America" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skew); Cherry county 

 (J. M. Bates); Grand Island (F. J. Brezee); Elm Creek, Wolf creek (D. H. 

 Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "a common migrant" (I. S. Trostler). 



205. Grus canadensis {Linn.). — Little Brown Crane. 



" Migrating south through western United States, east of the Rocky mount- 

 ains" (Goss); West Point, Scribner, Nebr. (L. Brunei); Omaha (L. Skow). 



206. Grus mexicana {MlllL). — Sandhill Crane. 



Omaha, West Point, Lyons, Holt county, Platte river — breeding in Holt 

 county (L. Bruner); " Rather abundant in Nebraska" (Aughey); "Migratory, 

 abundant, arrive in March and in the fall " (Taylor); " From the Mississippi 

 valley to the Pacific coast" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Peru, common migrant 

 (G. A.Coleman); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); numerous localities 

 (D. H. Talbot); "A common migrant, observed breeding one-half mile north 

 of state line — five young in nest owned by two females and one male " (I. S. 

 Trostler). 



Family RALLIDiE. — Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. 

 208. Rallus elegans Aud. — King Rail. 



West Point, Omaha, P]lkhorn (L. Bruner); "Southeastern Nebraska" 

 (Aughey); "Summer resident, rare, arrives in May" (Taylor); "Fresh water 

 marshes of eastern, southern, and middle United States" (Goss); Omaha — 

 breeding (L. Skow); "Summer resident — breeds in June" (L S. Trostler). 



212. Rallus virginianus Linn. — Virginia Rail. 



West Point, Oakland, Plattsmouth (L. Bruner); "Migratory, abundant, 

 may breed in the state" (Taylor); "The whole of temperate North America" 

 (Go.ss); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); "An abundant mi- 

 grant — probably breeds" (I. S. Trostler). 



214. Porzana Carolina {Linn.). — Sora Rail; Carolina Rail, 



West Point, Oakland, Holt county — breeding, Omaha, Lincoln, etc. (L. 

 Bruner); "Have seen this bird but once in Nebraska — Richardson county" 

 (Aughey); " Whole of temperate North America ' (Goss); Omaha — nesting(L. 

 Skow); Peru, common — may breed (G. A. Coleman); Cherry connty — breeds 

 (J. M. Bates); Ponca, Ewing, O'Neill (D. H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. 

 Colby); "A not uncommon migrant — probably breeds" (I. S. Trostler). 



