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[95.] Ardea candidissima. SNOWY HERON. Accidental. 

 There are fewer recorded instances of the occurrence of this spe- 

 cies than of the preceding. A recent one is Nantucket, March, 

 1882 (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, 1882, 251). 



[96.] Ardea caerulea. LITTLE BLUE HERON. Accidental. 

 While there is no recent record of its capture in Massachusetts, 

 it may be of interest to note the following : Scarborough, Maine 

 (Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, 1882, 123) ; Saybrook, Conn. 

 (Clark, Orn. & Ool., VII, 1882, 51); Warwick, R. I., July 13, 

 1878 (Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, 1880, 123). 



*97. Ardea virescens. GREEN HERON. Common summer 

 resident. 



*98. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. BLACK -CROWNED 

 NIGHT HERON. Common summer resident. Stragglers have 

 been observed at Cambridge in winter. 



[99.] Nycticorax violaceus. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT 

 HERON. Accidental. Two records: Lynn, Oct. 1862 (Allen, 

 Am. Nat., Ill, 1870, 637); Somerville, July 30, 1878 (Brewster, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, 1879, 124). 



[100.] RallllS elegans. KING RAIL. Rare or accidental. 

 Nahant, Nov. 21, 1875 (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 

 22) ; Sudbury Meadows, "some years since" (Purdie, ibid., Ill, 

 1878, 146). A rare summer resident in Southern Connecticut 

 (Merriam, Rev. Bds. Conn., 115). 



[101.] Rallus longirostris crepitans. CLAPPER RAIL. Rare 

 or accidental. Boston Harbor, May 4, 1875 (Pur die, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, II, 1877, 22) ; Plymouth, Oct. 1879 (Pur die, ibid., VI, 

 1 88 1, 62). It has also occurred near Portland, Maine (Brown, 

 ibid., IV, 1879, 108), and has been repeatedly taken in Connecti- 

 cut (Merriam, Rev. Bds. Conn., 1877, 115). 



*102. Ballus virgittiailUS. VIRGINIA RAIL. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



*103. Forzana Carolina. SORA. Common summer resident. 



104. Forzana novefooracensis. YELLOW RAIL. Rare sum- 

 mer visitant, but occasionally common at some localities, as at 

 Plymouth (Krewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 1881, 186). *Has 

 1886.] 



