20e N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



69. Yellow- CROWNED Night Heron. Nycticorax violaceus. 

 (Ivinn.) 



Atkinson reported one from Beaufort in 1887 ; one was exhib- 

 ited in the meat at the Newbern F'air, 1892 ; an immature female 

 taken at Raleigh on June 25, 1884, and a male July 15, same year. 



Family RALLID/E. Raits. Galiinules and Coots. 



70. King Rail, BalJus elegans. (And.) 



Summer visitor in all portions ; common in the east, rarer to the 

 west. Occasionally seen in eastern and middle sections during the 

 winter season. Breeds, probably, throughout its range. Eggs 

 taken from the middle section are in my collection. 



71. Clapper Rail. Rallus cre-pitans. (Gmel.) 



Common resident in the marshes of the eastern section, breeding 

 abundantly. 



72. Virginia Rail. Ralhis virginlamis. (Linn.) 



Reported as a rare transient visitor in the middle section ; speci- 

 mens seen April, 1889, and March, 1891 ; common transient in the 

 east. 



73. SORA. Porzana Carolina. (Linn.) 



Tolerably common transient in the mountains ; one specimen 

 seen near Raleigh by H. H. Brimley December, 1890. 



74. Yellow Rail. Porzana novehoracensis. (Gmel.) 



Rare transient in the mountains ; one captured alive near Raleigh 

 by Brimley September, 1882 ; one observed by Dr. Cones April 12, 

 1 87 1, at Fort Macon ; two specimens at the Newbern Fair, 1892. 



75. Black Rail. Porzana jamaicensis. (Gmel.) 



Rare summer visitor in the middle and western sections, breed- 

 ing. Eggs have been taken near Asheville, Statesville and Raleigh. 



76. Purple GallinulE. lonomis martinica. (Linn.) 

 Accidental summer visitor in the middle section. 



77. Florida Gallinule. lonomis gale aia. (Licht.) 



Rare spring transient in the mountains ; one specimen taken by 

 Brimley in Newbern in 1885, one by Brewster near Asheville in 

 1885, one by myself in Bertie County in 1890, and one in Orange 

 County in 1892. 



78. American Coot. Fulica americana. (Gmel.) 



Rare transient in the mountains ; several taken by Brimley in 

 the middle section ; common on the coast. 



Family PHALAROPODID/E. Phaiaropes. 



79. Northern Phalarope. Phahrropns lobatus. (Linn.) 



" Where they go for safety when those gales for which the region 



