NATURAL HISTORY, TORONTO REGION 
68. Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nyc- 
ticorax naevius. Regular migrant, not common. 
69. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Nyctanassa vio- 
lacea. Accidental. One record. 
Family Grourpaz. 
70. Little Brown Crane (?). Grus canadensis? Ac- 
cidental; the two Toronto birds probably belong to 
this species and not to Grus mexicana. 
Family Ratumaz. 
71. King Rail. Rallus elegans. Irregular mi- 
grant, probably accidental. 
72. Virginia Rail. Rallus virginianus. Summer 
resident, common, breeds. 
73. Sora. Porzana carolina. Summer resident, 
eommon; breeds. 
74. Yellow Rail. Coturnicops — noveboracensis. 
Regular fall migrant, rare. 
75. Florida Gallinule. Gallinula galeata. Sum- 
mer resident, common; breeds. 
76. Coot. Fulica americana. Regular migrant, 
common; probably breeds. 
Family Puataropipaz. 
77. Red Phalarope. Phalaropus fulicarius. Reg- 
ular fall migrant, rare. 
78. Northern Phalarope. Lobipes lobotus. Reg- 
ular migrant, rare. 
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