650 BIRDS OP SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. 



51. Ardea virescens LiNX. Green lli^roii. 



"Common; breeding? on all tlic lar^^or rivers" (Dresser). Senuett 

 saw two or three in the tall brakes near the mouth of the Nueces Kiver. 



Genus NYCTICOR AX Stephens. 



52. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.). Black-crowned Night Heron. 

 Dresser found this Night Heron of rather common occurrence in all 



parts of Texas that he visited {yycllardca [jardcni TrMEi..), and Sennett 

 saw large numbers flying about and feeding on the grass flats of La- 

 goona Madre, near the head of Padre Island. Hancock found them on 

 the flats north of Corpus Chvisti on IMarch 27, and states that five eggs 

 were obtained there in June, 1883. Brown shot an immature female at 

 Boerne, in Kendall County, on February 2. 



53. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.). Yellow-crowned Night Heron. 



x\ccordiug to ])resser this bird is more common than the i)receding 

 one. " Several were observed in swamps and thickets on Nueces Bay, 

 near Corpus Christi, on the 8th of March. None were obtained, how- 

 ever, as they were shy and the thickets too ditflcult to penetrate" (Sen- 

 nett). 



Order PALUDICOL^. Cranes, Rails, etc. 



Family GEUID.E. Cranes. 



Geuus GRUS Pallas. 



54. Grus americana (Linn.). Whooping Cr:ine. 



This Crane was seen near San Antonio on two or three occasions by 

 Dresser, and Sennett saw it on the grass and mud flats near the head 

 of Padre Island during the latter part of March. 



55. Grusmexicana (MtJLL.). Sandhill Crane. 



I saw several Sandhill Cranes wading about on the submerged flats 

 of the Nueces River, and Hancock saw three there on March 29. One 

 was noted by me at San Antonio on January 12, and Dresser found them 

 abundant there during the winter, but all disappeared towards spring. 

 Solitary individuals were occasionally seen near Boerne by Brown. 



Family Rallid^e. Rails, Coots, etc. 



Genus RALLUS LlXN^EUS. 



56. Rallu.5 virginianus Linn. Virginia Rail. 



Dr. Heermann (in Dresser's paper), is the authority for the statement 

 that this Rail is found at San Antonio. He states that it has been taken 

 there several times. 



Genns PORZANA Vieillot. 



57. Porzana catolina (Linn.). Carolina Rail. 



This bird is not uncommon near San Antonio in October and Decem- 

 ber according to Dresser. 



