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53- Butorides virescens virescens. 



GREEN HERON. 



A common summer resident. Breeds. 



54- Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. 



BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



A summer resident. Not uncommon at Oneida Lake, where 

 young birds are seen every year. Old birds are very rare. The 

 only record I have is a full plumaged male in the collection of 

 Mr. W. R. Maxon of Oneida, which was taken in a steel trap 

 set for muskrats, at Higginsville. A young bird taken near 

 Utica August 12, 1878. 



55. Grus mexicana. 



SANDHILL CRANE. 



Formerly a transient visitor. Now unknown. Messrs. J. P. 

 & F. J. Davis, taxidermists, Utica, report that they mounted 

 for a Mr. Catwell of New York Mills a specimen of this bird 

 which was taken in that village in the year 1873. 



56. Rallus virginianus. 



VIRGINIA RAIL. 

 A not common summer resident. Breeds. 



57. Porzana Carolina. 



SORA. 



A summer resident. Breeds. More common during migra- 

 tions. 



58. Contumicops noveboracensis. 



YELLOW RAIL. 

 One taken near Utica October 3, 1883. 



