Sept, 1919 BIRD NOTES FROM OREGON AND CALIFORNIA 201 
Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. A single bird of this species seen May 22 in 
Malheur Marsh was the only rail noted by me. 
Porzana carolina. Sora Rail. Dr. Hibbard has eggs of this bird taken in the Mai- 
heur region. Mr. Springer states that on different occasions while cutting hay he has 
flushed a small dark-colored rail of some species. 
Fulica americana. Coot. Seen occasionally at Clear Lake in early April. Nesting 
abundantly at Malheur Lake, both in wet meadows and in tules around lake. Began to 
Fig. 48. NEST OF EGRET, ON BROKEN-DOWN 
TULES, IN SOUTHERN END OF MALHEUR LAKE, 
OREGON, JUNE 28, 1918. 
lay early in May and first young were noted June 7. On August 24 I was fairly certain 
that I saw a Florida Gallinule in the marsh but it disappeared in the tules before its iden- 
tity could be assured. 
Steganopus tricolor. Wilson Phalarope. So far as was learned, this bird did not 
nest on Malheur Reservation the past summer. It appeared early in May but left the 
vicinity of the lake shortly afterward. It mested in some numbers on wet fields between 
