202 — Nvcticorax nyeticorax naevius, Black- 
crowned Night Heron. 
Summer resident; rarely seen in spring, common in fall. 
204—Grus americana, Whooping Crane. 
A rare migrant. Formerly a fairly common summer resi¬ 
dent ;* now exceedingly rare. Took a set of two fresh eggs 
May 26, 1894, in Madison township. Hancock county. The 
nest was on an old muskrat house surrounded by open water, 
in a slough along the headwaters of the Iowa river. The 
eggs measured: 4.06x2.38 ; 4.02x250. [“Nesting of the Whoop¬ 
ing Crane,” Oologist, Yol. XI, No. 8, Aug., 1894. | 
200 —Gras mexicana. Sandhill Crane. 
Abundant migrant, rare summer resident. A sot of two 
eggs taken May 16, '94, about eighty rods from nest of (ho pie- 
ceding species described above. 
203 — Rallus elegans. King Rail. 
Common summer resident. 
212 — Rallus virginianus, Virginia Rail. 
Summer resident, rarer than the preceding; a few nests 
found early in J one. 
214 — Porzana Carolina, Sora. 
Abundant summer resident; have found many nests. 
210 — Gallinula galeata, Florida Gallinule. 
Casual summer visitor. A set of lifteen eggs was collected 
at Heron Lake, Minn., iu 1896. [ Iowa Ornithologist, Vol J1 -4. ] 
221 — Fulica americana, American Coot.. 
Common summer resident. 
224 — Phalaropus tricolor, \\ ilsoifs Phalarope. 
Summer resident, fairly common. Nests on the ground in 
low, swampy locations, during latter part of May. Took set 
of four eggs June 2. '94, near Loland, Iowa, advanced m in¬ 
cubation. 
228- Philohela minor, American Woodcock. 
Rare summer resident; frequents low, damp thickets. 
230 Gallinago deiicata, Wilson’s Snipe. 
Common migrant; known as “Jack-Snipe." 
♦Oologist, Yol. Ill, No. 4. July-Aug., 1886 
and Oologist, Vol. XV Hi, No. 6, June, 1893. 
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