no Cincinttati Society of Xaluial History. 



Order Hkrodiones. — Herons, Storks, Ibises, Etc. 

 Family ardeid.e. — Herons, Bitterns, VXz. 



24. BoTAURUS LENTIGNOSUS (Moiitag.) — American bittern. 

 A not uncommon Spring and Fall migrant. 



25. Ardea herodias Linn.— Great blue heron. Common 

 Spring and Fall migrant and a Summer resident. Breeds. 

 What remains of the old Shaker swamps furnishes these birds 

 a breeding place, and quite a number nest there each year. 



26. Arde.\ EGRETTA Gmel. — Great white egret. Formerly 

 a tolerably regular visitant, during the later Summer and early 

 Fall, at the Lebanon Reservoir, quite a number of specimens 

 having been taken there; nine in one day, upon one occasion. 

 Now comparatively rare. 



27. Ardea virescens Linn. — Green heron. Common 

 Summer resident, from the middle of April to October. 

 Breeds. 



28. Nvcticokax nycticorax N/ivVius (Bodd.) — Night 

 heron. Rare Spring and Fall migrant. The single specimen 

 in my collection was .shot from the top of a tall elm, in the 

 middle of a field, a long distance from any water or swamjjy 

 ground. 



Order Paludicol.E. — Cranes, Rails, Coots, Etc. 

 Family rallid.i;. — Rails. 



29. RALLU.S ELEGANS Aud.— King rail. Rare, but reg- 

 ular, vSpring and Fall migrant, in April and October; more 

 common in the vSpring. Several of these birds have been 

 captured in barns and other out-buildings, in the \icinity of 

 Lebanon, in recent years, which, if not simply coincident 

 accidents, would indicate a peculiar tendency of this species. 



30. Rallus viRGi.M.VNi'S Linn. — \'irginia rail. Rare 

 Spring and Fall migrant, arriving and departing with the last 

 named s])ecies. 



31. P(^RZ.\N.v CAKOLi.v.v (Liiiu.) — Sora ; Carolina rail. 

 Rather common .Spring and I'all migrant, in .\pril. May and 

 September. 



32. FuLlCA .\mi:ric.vx.\ Gmel. — Coot. I-'ormcrly a rallier 

 common Spring ami l""all migrant at the Lebanon Rescrxoir 

 and Shaker pond. Now, in comparison, rare. 



