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which Mr. F. W. Field says still exists, but much depleted. The 

 inhabitants slaughtering the birds to "feed the pigs." 

 April i to September 23, also in winter, January. 1 



(71) 203. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.). YELLOW- 

 CROWNED NIGHT HERON. A male was shot by Mr. Charles H. 

 Kennedy on April 23, 1886, in Tiverton, less than a third of a 

 mile south of the Fall River line. 2 A young female was taken 

 in August, 1892, at Newport, by Mr. J. Livermore. 8 



(72) 205. Grus canadensis (Linn.). LITTLE BROWN 

 CRANE. A straggler from the West. Mr. Benjamin Burlingame 

 took one October 9, 1889, at Natick Hill, now in possession of 

 Mr. J. M. Nye, 4 of River Point. Two were reported seen. 



(73) 208. Rallus elegans Aud. KING RAIL. There are 

 but three records for this species. One killed at Wakefield on 

 February 12, 1889, by Mr. N. R. Potter. This bird was mounted 

 for Mr. Frank Phillips by Mr. J. M. Southwick. It was shot 

 near a partly open brook, the snow along the brook being about 

 five inches deep and covered with its tracks, and Mr. Potter says 

 he killed one near the same place in the fall of 1888. A fine 

 male was taken at Newport, January 21, 1896, and is now in Mr. 

 H. S. Hathaway's collection. 



(74) 212. Rallus virginianus Linn. VIRGINIA RAIL. Red- 

 breasted Rail. ? A common summer resident and migrant. It 

 has been observed as late as November 2. 5 



(April) to November 2. 



(75) 214. Porzana Carolina (Linn.). SORA. Carolina Rail. 



1 Ran. Notes, Vol. I, No. i, p. 9, and No. 2, p. 8. 



2 Ran. Notes, Vol. Ill, No. 7, p. 49. 



3 Auk, Vol. XI, No. 2, p. 177. 



4 Auk, Vol. VII, No. i, p. 89. O. & O., Vol. 14, No. 10, p. 15. 

 F. & S. Vol. XXXIII, No. 19, p. 264. 



Independent Citizen, Providence, Nov. 16, 1889. 



5 Dr. Rives' List, p. 36. 



