CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF P. E. ISLAND. — MACSWAIN. 575 



Order HERODIONES. 

 Family ARDEID.-E. 



50 (190). Bofaitras lentiginosus (Montag.). American 

 Bittern. — Not common. 



51 (194). Ardea Jierodias Linn. Great Blue Heron — 

 Quite common. Seen in numbers at ebb-tide along the borders 

 of rivers. Breeds. 



52 (202). Nycticorax nycticorax iKtviiis (Bodd.). Black- 

 crowned Night Heron. — Very rare. A young specimen was 

 slM)t in the mar.shes at Mount Stewart by a Charlottetwn 

 sportsman, and examined by me at Mr. Calder's. 



Order PALUDICOL^. 

 Family GRUID.E. 



53 (205). Grus canadensis (Linn.). Little Brown Crane. 

 — Accidental. A young specimen was shot at Earnsclifte, Oct. 

 23, 1905. I examined it at Mr. Caldor's. Length 30.50 in., 

 wing 18 in., bill 2.75 in. Plumage dark gray, tipped with light 

 brown or bronze ; feathers of head brown or chestnut. On May 

 22, 1899, I saw a mounted specimen of this bird exhibited in 

 Mr Watson's drugstore. 



Family RALLID.B. 



54 (212). Rallas virginianus Linn. Virginia Rail. — 

 Saw a stuffed specimen which was collected by Mr. W. Earle at 

 Tignish, where the}- are occasionally seen. Mr. Earle also 

 shot one at Belle River, and it is now in his collection. 



55 (214). Porzana Carolina (Linn.). Sora ; Carolina 

 Rail. — Collected by Mr. Earle at Tignish, and now in his 

 possession. Two were shot at Wisener's Mills on Oct. 4, 1906, 

 by Mr. Frank E. Johnson of Yonkers, N. Y. 



56 (221). Fidica americana Gmel. American Coot. — -Not 

 common, but is occa.sionally seen in the low grounds bordering 



