18 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



202. Hekodias egeetta, Gr&j.— Great White Egret.— A rather 

 frequent visitant from the south in August and September. 



203. Garzetta candidissima, Gme\m.— Little White Egret— One, 

 specimen (Diiry). 



204 *BuTORiDES viRESCENS, Linuffius. — Green Heron : " Fly-vp-the- 

 Oreek.''' — A common summer resident. May — October. 



205. Nyctiakdea GEiSEA,vor. n^evia, Allen. — American Night Heron. 

 — A rare spring and fall migrant. 



206. BoTAURUS MINOR. Boie. — American Bittern. — A rather common 

 spring and fall migrant. 



207. Ardetta exilis, Gray. — Least Bittern. — Rare spring and fall 

 migrant. 



Order Alectorides : Cranes, Kails, etc. 

 Family GrdidjE : Cranes. 



208. Grus AMERICANA, Temminck. Whooping Cr me. A rare mi- 

 grant OQ the Ohio and tributaries. Two or three specimens known 

 from this vicinitj'. 



209. Grus canadensis, Temminck. — Sand-hill Crane. — Two speci- 

 mens of this species are reported to have been taken in this vicinity. 

 It has also been identified by Dr. Raymond, at Brookville, Ind. 



Family Rallid^: Rails. 



210. Rallus elegans, Audubon. — King Bail; Fresh-water Marsh 

 Hen. — A rare migrant. April, May and October. 



211. Rallus virginianus, Linnaeus. — Virginia Bail. — Migrant in 

 May and October. Not common. 



212. PoRZANA CAROLINA, Cabanis. — Sora Bail. — Common migrant in 

 April, May and September. 



213. PoEZANA NOVEBORACENSis, Cassiu. — Little Tellov! Bail.- -A rare 

 spring and fall migrant. 



214. Gallinula . GALEATA, Bouaparte.— -F^oWd^a Oallinule. — A rare 

 migrant. A specimen in Mr. Harry Hunt's collection, taken at Valley 

 Junction in April, 1876. 



215. PoRPHyRio MARTiNiCA, Temmiuck. — Purple Gallinule. A rare 

 migrant in April and May. Four specimeus taken in this vicinity in 

 1877. Has not been observed in the fall. 



216. FuLiCA AMERICANA, Gmcliu. — Coot; Mud Hen. — An uncommon 

 spring and fall migrant. Thousands seen at St. Mary's Reservoir in 

 October, where I have known them to disappear '' between two days," at 



