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62. Ardea virescens Linn. Green Heron. Summer resident ; common. 



63. Nycticorax nycticorax najvius Bodd. Black-crowned Night Heron. A rare 



summer resident. 



64. Nycticorax violaceus Linn. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. A rare summer 



resident. 



XIII. — Family Gruid.e. Cranes. 



65. Grus americana Linn. Whooping Crane. Migratory; rare. 



66. Grus canadensis Linn. Little Brown Crane. Migratory; common. 



67. Grus mexicana Miill. Sandhill Crane. Migratory; common. 



XIV. — Family Rallid.e. Rails, Gallinules, and Coot?. 



68. Rallus elegans Aud. King Rail. Summer resident; common. 



69. Rallus virginianus Linn. Virginia Rail. A rare summer resident; a com- 



mon migrant. 



70. Porzana Carolina Linn. Sora. Summer resident; rare. 



71. Porzana noveboracensis Gmel. Yellow Rail. Summer resident ; rare. 



72. Porzana jamaicensis Gmel. Black Rail. Summer resident ; rare. 



73. lonornis martinica Linn. Purple Gallinule. Accidental. Added to the 



list in 1893 by D. E. Lantz. 



74. Gallinula galeata Licht. Florida Gallinule. A very rare summer resident 



75. Fulica americana Gmel, American Coot. Summer resident; abundant. 



XV. — Family Phalaropodid.e. Phalaropes. 



76. Phalaropus lobatus Linn. Northern Phalarope. Migratory; rare. 



77. Phalaropus tricolor Vieill. Wilson's Phalarope. Migratory; rare. 



XVI. — Family Recurvirostrid.e, Avocets and Stilts. 



78. Recurvirostra americana Gmel. American Avocet. A rare summer resi- 



dent ; a common migrant. 



XVII. — Family Scolopacid.e. Snipes, Sandpipers, and Curlews. 



79. Philohela minor Gmel. American Woodcock. Summer resident; rare. 



80. Gallinago delicata Ord. Wilson's Snipe. Migratory ; common. 



81. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus Say. Long-billed Dowitcher. Migratory; 



common. 



82. Micropalama himantopus Bonap. Stilt Sandpiper. Migratory; rare. 



83. Tringa canutus Linn. Knot. Migratory; rare. 



84. Tringa maculata Vieill. Pectoral Sandpiper. Migratory; common. 



85. Tringa fuscicollis Vieill. White-rumped Sandpiper. Migratory; common. 



86. Tringa bairdii Coues. Baird's Sandpiper. Migratory; common. 



87. Tringa minutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper. Migratory; abundant. 



88. Tringa alpina pacifica Coues. Red backed Sandpiper. Migratory; rare. 



89. Ereunetes pusillus Linn. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Migratory; rare. 



90. Calidris arenaria Linn. Sanderling. Accidental. 



91. Limosa fedoa Linn. Marble Godwit. Migratory; occasional. 



92. Limosa htemastica Linn. Hudsonian Godwit. Migratory ; rare. 



93. Totanus melanoleucus Gmel. Greater Yellow-legs. Migratory ; common. 



94. Totanus flavipes Gmel. Yellow-legs. Migratory ; abundant. 



95. Helodromus solitarius Wils. Solitary Sandpiper. Migratory ; common. 



96. Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewst. Western Willet. Migratory; 



rare. 



