SUPPLEMENT TO BIRDS OF ESSEX COUNTY 7 1 



Dr. J. C. Phillips's notes on a small breeding colony at North Beverly are 

 as follows: 



jpjj. Birds arrived on April 13. On June 7, 33 nests found; young birds 

 mostly able to fly ; 41 caught and banded. 



1914. Only three nests. 



191 5. Twenty-three nests ; 75 birds banded on June 3. 



1916. Twelve nests ; a few banded on June 27. 



86 [203] Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.). 

 Yellow-crowned Night Heron. 

 Accidental visitor from the South. The single record of 1862 is still unique. 

 [206] Grus mexicana (Miill.). Sandhill Crane. — Extirpated. 



87 [208] Rallus elegans Aud. 

 King Rail. 

 Accidental visitor from the South. 



In the original Memoir there were three definite records of this bird from the 

 County. I can now add two more : a specimen is noted, at Amesbury, on August 

 14, 1902, by Damsell,^ and in 1905, on October 5, one was seen at Prankle's Pond, 

 North Saugus, by Mr. G. M. Bubier who had an excellent opportunity to watch 

 the bird. 



*88 [211] Rallus crepitans crepitans Gmel. 

 Clapper Rail. 

 Accidental visitor from the South. 



This bird is now moved from the doubtful to the regular list on the strength 

 of the three following records : 



On September 15, 1908, Mr. William P. Wharton^ picked up on the beach at 

 Plum Island, near the mouth of the Ipswich River, a dead Clapper Rail in good 

 condition. There were no indications of its having been shot, but it had probably 

 died in the water. Taking into consideration the direction of the winds, etc., Mr. 

 Wharton thinks it very unlikely that the rail could have drifted from farther 

 south. The mounted bird was presented to the Peabody Museum at Salem. 



1 Allen, G. M. Auk, vol. 30, p. 33, 1913. 



2 Wharton, W. P. Auk, vol. 26, pp. 76, yj, 1909. 



