_Grus canadensis_ (Linn.).

Common, during migrations, throughout the Province.

93. Sandhill Crane.

_Grus mexicana_ (Mull.).

Common throughout the Province; it breeds in the interior of Mainland;
numbers pass over Victoria in the spring and autumn migrations.


Family RALLIDAE. Rails and Coots.

RALLUS Linnaeus.

94. Virginia Rail.

_Rallus virginianus_ (Linn.).

Tolerably common on Island and Mainland; breeds close to Victoria.
Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan.

PORZANA Vieillot.

95. Carolina Rail. Sora.

_Porzana Carolina_ (Linn.).