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" King Bird," Tyranmts caroUiicnsis. 



A male, shot May April 27; had a living beetle in its throat, 

 and from its gizzard another was taken of same species dead, 

 both belonging to the genus Ponip/iopcea, the first of these 

 beetles ever observed here. 



"Least Birrv^R^,'' Botaums cxiiis (Gm.) 



On May 20, 1891, seven of this very pretty little Bittern 

 were taken, five of them males and two females. The.se birds 

 feed largely on the larvae of "dragon flies" {Libcllulidcc) but 

 from the stomach of one a " sunfish," as large as a silver dol- 

 lar, was taken. 



"Little Black Rail," Porzana jamaiccnsis (Gm.) 



On May 16, 1891, Mr. Kellogg took another one of these in- 

 teresting and heretofore rare little rails (in the same locality 

 as the fir.st one). He has very kindly presented it to the Cuvier 

 Club collection. On the 17th of May another was taken at 

 the same place. On May 21 another w'as taken by David 

 Belding. May 23, Mr. Kellogg secured another, and on the 

 30th three more — one a female, which was caught by the dog 

 who squeezed an 0.%^, nearly fully developed, from the ovi- 

 duct. This makes six males and one female, all from the same 

 locality. When the bird is flushed it flies a short di.stance and 

 alights, it is then almost impossible to flush it a second time. 



"Cl.vppkr Rail,"" Rallus crepitans (Gm.) 



May I, 1 89 1, while cro.ssing the Suspension Bridge over the 

 Ohio River, Henry Cain observed one of these birds running 

 ahead of him. He captured the bird alive, in good condition, 

 with his hat. 



"Snow Goosk," Choi Jiypcrborca //iiur/is (I'orsi.) 



A specimen of this species was shot at Ross Lake, April 1 1, 

 1891, Ijy Roland Hazen. 



