Family CICONIIDA. Storks. 
77. WOOD IBIS. Mycteria americana. 
Irregular or casual summer visitors, mostly young birds that 
have straggled from their breeding grounds on the shores of the 
Gulf of California. 
Family ARDEIDA. Herons. 
78. AMERICAN BITTERN. Botaurus lentiginosus. 
Rather common winter residents of marshes. Probably a few 
remain in summer and breed. 
79. LEAST BITTERN. Ixobrychus exilis. 
Very secretive and seldom seen. Probably rather common 
summer residents in tule marshes. 
80. GREAT BLUE HERON. Ardea herodias. 
Present through the year in small numbers. 
81. AMERICAN EGRET. Herodias egretta. 
Formerly a rather common resident, but now almost exterm- 
inated by plume hunters. Seen occasionally in the migrations. 
82. SNOWY EGRET. SNOWY HERON. Herodias 
candidissima. 
Formerly rather common winter residents. So nearly exterm- 
inated by plume hunters that none have been seen in this county 
for several years. 
88. LOUISANA HERON. Hydranga tricolor ruficollis. 
One taken at the south end of San Diego Bay in January, 1914. 
84. ANTHONY GREEN HERON. Butorides virescens 
anthonyi. 
Common migrants. Rare summer residents. 
85. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. Nyeticorax 
nycticorax nevius. 
Common migrants. Rare summer residents. More common 
in winter. 
Order PALUDICOLAS. Cranes and Rails. 
Family GRUIDAS. Cranes. 
Large, heron-like birds frequenting plains and open ground. 
The food is frogs, grasshoppers, beetles, seeds, etc. Edible. 
86. LITTLE BROWN CRANE. Grus canadensis. 
87. SANDHILL CRANE. Grus mexicana. 
The Cranes migrate in considerable flocks in fall and spring, 
often without stopping in the county. Occasional in winter on 
grass or grain fields. 
Family RALLIDAS. Rails, Gallinules, Coots. 
Medium or small sized birds inhabiting marshes or ponds with 
grassy shores. Most species are shy and hide in grass, tules or 
weeds. The food is frogs, minnows, water beetles, larvae, etc. 
The larger rails are edible. 
