234 Birds of Pennsylvania. 



Family Ibidid.t:. The Ibises. 



63. Plegadis autumnalis (Ilasselq.). 



Glossy Ibis. 186. Accidental. I^»cent record of its occurrence in Pomi- 

 sylvania. In 1866 Mr. Krider smn u specimen just below Philadelpliia. 

 "At long intervals it has been seen on the Delaware river." — TurnhaU. 



Family Ciconiid.e. The Wood Ibises 



64. Tantalus loculator Linn. 



Wood Ibis. 188. " A very rare straggler. One specimen was taken a num- 

 ber of years ago by the late Vincent Barnard." — Pennock. 



Family Ardeid.e. The Herons, Bitterns, etc. 



65. Botaurus lenliginosus (Montag. ) 



American Bittern. 190. Migrant, spring and fall. 



66. B. exilis (Gmel.). 



Least Bittern. 191. Springand fall migrant Probably breeds occasionally. 



67. *Ardea, herodias T>inn. 



Great Blue Heron. 194. 



68. A. egretta Gmel. 



American Egret. 196. Migrant, spring and fall. 



69. A. candidissima Gmel. 



Snowy Heron. 197. Migrant, spring and fall. 



70. A. tricolor rufieollis (Gosse. ). 



Tjouisiana Heron. 199. An occasional straggler is sometimes taken in the 

 late summer and autumn. 



71. A. cosrulea Linn. 



Little Blue Heron. 200. Immature birds are occasionally taken in the 

 south-eastern portions of the State during the late summer and early 

 autumn. 



72. *A. virescens Linn. 



Green Heron. 201. 



73. *Nycticorax nyclicorax ncevius (Bodd.). 



Black-crowned Night Heron. 202. 



74. N. violaceiis (Linn.). 



Yellow-crowned Night Heron. 203. " A rare straggler from the south. It 

 has been seen on the borders of the Schuylkill near Philadelphia. — T'urn- 

 bull. No record of its recent occurrence in Pennsylvania. 



Family GRUiDiE. The Cranes. 



75. Or us canadPMsis (Linn.). 



Little Brown Crane. 205. " Some forty years ago a flock of four or live of 

 these birds was found along the White Clay Creek, near this place, one 

 of which was shot and presented to me." — Michener. (1881. ) 



Family Rallid^.. The Rails, Gallinules, etc. 



76. Rallus elegans Aud. 



King Rail. 208. Rare spring and fall migrant. Specimens have l)een 

 taken in Chester, Delaware, Berks and Lancaster counties. 



77. Ji. longirostris crepitans (Gmel.). 



Clapper Rail. 211. A bird of this species was shot near Chester city, Dela- 

 ware county, September, 1880, by ex-Sheriif George R. Hoopes, of West 

 Chester, and presented to mo. Accidental, usually found about salt 

 marshes of the Atlantic coast. 



