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6. (186.) Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.). 193. 



Glossy Ibis. 



Synonyms: Plegadis falcinellus, Ibis ordii, Ibis falcinellis, Ibis 

 falcinellus var. ordii, Tringa autumnalis. 

 Black Snipe, Black Curlew. 



Dr. Wheaton records the only specimen of this species 

 which has ever been taken in Ohio, as follows : "Dr. Kirt- 

 land, after quoting from the Boston Traveler (June. 28), 

 1850, an account of the capture of this species at Can:- 

 bridge and Middleboro, Massachusetts, and Middletown, 

 Connecticut, says : 'To the above we would add that two of 

 these interesting birds, probably a pair, were seen two years 

 since near Fairport, Lake county. One of them, a beauti- 

 ful male, was shot by Mr. Pruden, and forwarded to us. 

 It was duly skinned and mounted, and may now be seen 

 alongside of a Scarlet Ibis, from the banks of the Amazon, 

 in the second case south of the door, in the cabinet of Nat. 

 Hist., at Cleve. Med. Col.' " 



A wanderer from the south. 



Order PALUDICOL.^. Cranes, Rails, etc. 

 Family <'jRuid^. Cranes. ' 



7. (205.) Grus canadensis (Linn.). — , 



Little Brown Crane. 



Synonyms: Ardea canadensis. 



Davie, Nests and Eggs of North American Birds, Fifth Edition, 

 1898, 121. 



"I mounted a specimen of this bird which was taken in 

 the spring of 1884, from a flock of seven or eight birds near 

 Springfield, Ohio. It is a rare migrant in the state." This 

 is the only state record, and must be regarded as strictly 

 accidental. It is not given by Butler as a bird of Indiana, 

 and is regarded as a doubtful species in northern Michigan. 



A wanderer from the west. 



