COMPREHENSIVE LIST 



CRANES. 



Whooping Crane. 



Very rare, and possibly 

 now extinct in state. No 

 recent records. Nelson re- 

 ported it nesting sparingly 

 in the central part of state. 



fSandhill Crane. S.R., C. 



Nested formerly, but doubt- 

 less not now. Still occurs 

 as a T. V. Not common. 

 Hess reports the last nest- 

 ing date for his section as 

 1872, on the authority of S. 

 S. Love. The eggs were 

 placed under a domestic 

 goose for incubation; and 

 one of the Cranes thus 

 hatched and reared by Mr. 

 Love, is still there. 



COURLAN. 



Limpkin. 



A semi-tropical and acci- 

 dental straggler to the state. 

 One reported from Cham- 

 paign County by Hess. 



RAILS, GALLINULES AND 



COOT. 

 -* King RaiL S . RM N . c s . 



Common. 



f Virginia Rail. S.R., N.C.S. 

 Common. Replaced by the 

 former in some localities. 



fSora. S.R, N.C.S. 



Common. Probably the 

 most numerous of the 

 Rails; at least formerly. 



*Yellow Rail. S.R., N.C.S. 



And possibly more com- 

 mon than generally sup- 

 posed. According to Nel- 

 son, quoting Baird, there is 

 a nesting record for N. 111. 



tBlackRail. S.R., N.C. 



And possibly in S. 111. 

 Same remark, as in the case 

 of the preceding, may ap- 

 ply to this Rail also. 



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