12 WEST VIBGIXIA [W. VA. 



Two specimens ; adult and young. Notice particularly the long occipit- 

 al plumes on the adult. 



Geog. Dist. North and South America. 



W. Va. Dist. Prof. S. B. Brown, of the West Virginia Univer- 

 sity, tells me that in 1895 three of these birds were taken on Deck- 

 er's Creek. Rare. 



Nests Colonial in breeding season. Nest in tall trees. Breeds 

 throughout greater part of its range. 



Food Frogs, &c. 



203. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctivorax violaceus). One 

 adult. 



Geog. Dist. Tropical and temperate North America from the Car- 

 olinas and lower Ohio valley south to Brazil. 



W. Va. Dist Exceedingly rare in this state. I have no positive 

 record of its occurrence in West Virginia. 



Nest Breeds throughout the greater portion of its range. Nest 

 much like that of other herons. 



Food As other herons. 



208. King Rail (Rtillus elegans) . One adult specimen. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern North America. 



W. Va. Dist. Mr. T. A. Morgan says, "One taken in the spring of 

 1901 at Poca Bottoms. Found bird with young in spring of 1889. Was 

 common about that time. ' ' One taken in the fall of 1901 by A. Sid- 

 ney Morgan. 



Nest Builds nest on ground in marshy places. See breeding record 

 in quotation from Mr. Morgan given above. 



Food Worms, seeds, etc. 



212. Virginia Rail (Eallus virginianus) . See Mr. Brewster's ac- 

 count of this bird given in Chapman's "Handbook of Birds", p. 142. 



Geog. Dist. North America, from British Provinces south to Gau- 

 temala and Cuba, 



W. Va. Dist. The Morgan brothers, who have made such a careful 

 study of the water-fowl of this state, call this rail a rather common 

 species along the Great Kanawha. 



Nest Breeds as far north as Labrador and as far south as Pennsyl- 

 vania. Nest on ground in marshes. 



Food Insects and vegetable matter. 



