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2o2. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.). 

 Black-crowned Night Heron. 



Summer resident; rare. Drexel took one specimen on 

 the North Platte river in 1858. There is a beautiful male bird 

 in the University collection that was killed at Laramie. A 

 few of these birds nest on the Little Laramie near Sheep Moun- 

 tain annually. On July 11, 1900, I saw an old bird carrylHg 

 food in its bill into a clump of trees on the opposite side of the 

 river. 



CRANES. 



205. Grus canadensis (Linn.). 



Little Brown Crane. 

 Migratory ; possibly summer resident. Very rare in the 

 greater portion of Wyoming. Grinnell reports them very 

 abundant in the Yellowstone Park, 1875. Drexel took a speci- 

 men at Fort BTidger, 1858. Wood took a specimen on Medi- 

 cine Bow creek, Aug. 7, 1856. Jesurun took a specimen at 

 Glendo, Oct. 7, 1898. The early records in this case are prob- 

 ably confused with Grus mexicana, fpr Coues did not make any 

 distinction in these cranes until 1874. 



206. Grus mexicana (Mull.). 



Sandhill Crane. 

 Migratory; rare. Bond has taken this bird at Cheyenne. 

 One bird was killed from a flock on Shell creek, Laramie Plains, 

 Oct. 10, i8q6. I identified the bird from the head. I have also 

 seen one specimen that had been killed near Buffalo. 



RAILS AND COOTS. 



214. Porzana Carolina (Linn.). 

 Sora. 

 Probably a summer resident. Jesurun reports it from 

 Douglas, having taken it in May and November. Bond has 

 taken one specimen at Cheyenne, June 23, 1889. Williston 

 reports them common at Lake Como. Drexel took a specimen 



