BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 17 



StiBGKSUS GARZETTA. 



71. Snowy Heron 



( Ardea candidissima ) 



An accidental visitor to our southern border. 



Subgenus BUTORIDES. 



72. Green Heron. 



(Ardea virescens.) 



A regular though never a common summer resident of southern 

 Ontario, it is not generally distributed and is more frequently found 

 breeding in the swamps near Lake Erie than elsewhere. 



Genus NYCTICORAX. 

 Subgenus NYCTICORAX. 



73. Black-Crowned Night Heron. 



(Nycticorax nycticorax naevius.) 



A regular and in places a common summer resident, they breed 

 in the interior of the Province in communities. 



As they are quite nocturnal in their habits they are not often 

 observed even where they are common. 



Order PALUDICOL^. Cranes, Rails, etc. 

 Suborder GBUES. Cranes 

 Family GRUID.E. Cranes. 



Genus GRUS. 



74. Whooping Crane. 



(Grus americana.) 



Mr. Mcllwraith records the capture of a specimen of this Crane 

 in the County of Addington in September, 1871, the only one I ever 

 heard of here. 



75. Sandhill Crane 



(Grus mesicana.) 

 An accidental visitor from the western prairies. 



Suborder RALLI. Rails, Coots, etc. 



Family RALLID.E. Rails, Coots, etc. 



Subfamily RALLINiE. Rails. 



