NATURAL HISTORY, TORONTO REGION 



68. Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nyc- 

 ticorax naevius. Regular migrant, not common. 



69. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Nyctanassa vio- 

 lacea. Accidental. One record. 



Family GRTJIDAE. 



70. Little Brown Crane (?). Grus canadensis? Ac- 

 cidental; the two Toronto birds probably belong to 

 this species and not to Grus mexicana. 



Family RALLIDAE. 



71. King Rail. Eallus elegans. Irregular mi- 

 grant, probably accidental. 



72. Virginia Rail. Rallus virginianus. Summer 

 resident, common, breeds. 



73. Sora. Porzana Carolina. Summer resident, 

 common; breeds. 



74. Yellow Rail. Coturnicops noveboracensis. 

 Regular fall migrant, rare. 



75. Florida Gallinule. Gallinula galeata. Sum- 

 mer resident, common ; breeds. 



76. Coot. Fulica americana. Regular migrant, 

 common ; probably breeds. 



Family PHALAEOPIDAB. 



77. Red Phalarope. Phalaropus fulicarius. Reg- 

 ular fall migrant, rare. 



78. Northern Phalarope. Lobipes lobotus. Reg- 

 ular migrant, rare. 



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