BoNASA UMBELLXJS. Abundant. 



Tetrao Canadensis. Said to be plenty in the extreme 

 northern part of the State. T. cupido. Common. Large num- 

 bers are taken during the shooting season. Forty and fifty are 

 not unfrequently bagged by a single sportsman of an afternoon. 

 T. phasianellus. Occasionally met with. 



Order — GRALLiE. Family — RALLIDiE. 



PoRPHYRio MARTiNiCA. A few breed here every season. 



FuLicA Americana. Common, and breeds here in great 

 numbers. 



Ortygometra Carolina. Rare. 



Rallus crepitans. Not unfrequently met with on our prairie 

 marshes, where it undoubtedly breeds. R. Virginianus. Rare. 



Family — ARDEIDiE. 



Grus Americana. Often found in very large flocks upon our 

 prairies, and numbers are killed every year. The young are 

 easily domesticated, but make naughty pets. The flesh of this 

 bird is highly esteemed by many. 



Tantalus loculator. A single bird of this species was shot 

 near Milwaukie a year or two since. 



Platalea ajaja. Found along the Mississippi within the 

 bounds of our State, and occasionally about our small lakes in 

 the interior. 



BoTAURUS lentiginosus. Abundant. Breeds here in great 

 numbers. 



Ardea exilis. Abundant. A. virescens. Occasionally met 

 with. A. occiDENTALis. A fowf of this species visit a large shie 

 in the vicinity of this city every spring, but all our efforts to cap- 

 ture one have thus far proved unavailing. A. Herodias. Com- 

 mon about our rivers and marshes. 



Nycticorax n^vius. Rare. 



