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 RALLIDÆ. Rails and Coots.
RALLUS Linnæus.
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.