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Suborder ALECTOEIDES: Cranes, Eails, etc. 



Family GRUIDiE : Cranes. 



Grus AMERICANA, (Linn.) Temm. 



White or Whooping Crane. 



Occasionally seen in Northern Nebraska. I place it among the list of locust-eating 

 birds because of its known habits and because of the characters of the next species, to 

 which it seems to be nearly related, though I have obtained no specimens for exam- 

 ination. 



Grus canadensis, (Linn.) Temm. 



Sandhill Crane. 



Rather abundant in Nebraska. The following I have examined : 



Locality. 





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Date. 



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Aug.—, 1857 



71 



48 



Seeds. 



July — , 1863 



37 



78 



Seeds. 



June — , 1875 



80 



36 



Seeds. 



Sept. — , 1876 



75 



40 



Seeds. 



Cedar County, Nebraska .. 

 Dixon County, ISTebraska. . 

 Seward County. Nebraska 

 Sarpy County, ISTebraska . 



Family RALLID^ : Rails. 



Rallus elegans. And. 



King Bail; Fresh-water Marsh Sen. 



I have only met with this bird in Southern Nebraska. The following are the only 

 specimens that I obtained for examination: 



Locality. 



Harlan County, !N"ebraska . . . 



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Sarpy County, N'ebraska 



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Lancaster County, ISTebraska. 



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Date. 



Aug.—, 1874 



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Oct. — , 1874 



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May — , 1875 



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6 



6 



38 



31 



Seeds. 



44 



20 



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19 • 



41 



...do. 



42 



27 



...do. 



30 



30 



.. do. 



17 



49 



...do. 



48 



14 



...do. 



PORZANA CAROLINA, (LiuU.) Cab. 



Carolina Bail; Ortolan. 



Have seen this bird but once in Nebraska. This was in September, 1869, near Da- 

 kota City, Nebraska. I failed to get a specimen, and place it in this list because of the 

 habits of its congeners. 



PORZANA JAMAICENSIS, (Gm.) CaSS. 



Little BlacJc Bail. 



Rare in Nebraska. I saw two, one of which I procured by the kindness of a gentle- 

 man who shot it. This was in Richardson County, Nebraska, in September, 1873. It 

 had 11 grasshoppers and 27 other insects and a quantity of seeds and vegeta.ble mat- 

 ter in its stomach. 



Gallinula galeata, (Licht.) Bp. 



Florida Gallinule. 



Have never seen this bird alive in Nebraska, but one was sent to me from Beatrice 

 in September, 1872, to be identified. It had 7 grasshoppers, 29 other insects, and 

 some seeds and vegetable matter in its stomach. 



