342 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Suborder RALLI. Rails, Qallinules, Coots, etc. 



FAMILY ARAMID/E. Courlans. 



A. o. u. GENUS ARAMUS. VIEILL. 



NO. 



164 (207) ARAMUS GIGANTEUS. (BONAP.) Limpkin. 



Tropical species ; resident and breeds in Florida. 



FAMILY RALLID/E. Rails, Qallinules, and Coots. 



Subfamily RALLIN^E. Rails. 



GENUS RALLUS. LINN. 



165 (208) RALLUS ELEGANS. AUD. King Rail. 



Fresh- water marshes of eastern United States; casual north of North 

 Carolina, New England, and Illinois ; recorded as far north as 

 Ontario. 



166 (211) RALLUS CREPITANS. GMEL. Clapper Rail. 



Salt-water marshes ; New England to Gulf States. 



167 (21 la) Ralhis crepitans saturatus. (Rroow.) Louisiana Clapper Rail. 



A dark race of R. crepitans, which occurs in the salt-water marshes of 



Louisiana. 

 167a ( ) Rallus crepitans waynei. BREWSTER. Wayne's Clapper Rail. 



This race is described as differing from true crepitans in being darker, 

 "the underparts with more ashy, the under tail coverts with fewer 

 markings." (Brewster Auk, p. 50, 1899.) Habitat, coast of 

 Georgia to middle Florida (head of Indian River) . 



168 (2116) RALLUS SCOTTII. (SENN.) Scott's Rail- Florida Clapper Rail. 



Florida. 



169 (212) RALLUS VIRGINIANUS. LINN. Virginia Rail. 



North America, Canada to Cuba ; often occurring in large numbers on 

 New England marshes during migrations. 



GENUS PORZANA. VIEILL. 



170 (213) PORZANA PORZANA. (LiNN.) Spotted Crake. 



European species ; recorded from Greenland. 



171 (214) PORZANA CAROLINA. (LiNN.) Sora. Carolina Rail. 



North America ; common on Atlantic coast, Florida, and Gulf States ; 

 West Indies and South America in winter. 



SUBGENUS COTURNICOPOS. BONAP. 



172 (215) PORZANA NOVEBORACENSIS. (GMEL.) Yellow Rail. 



Hudson Bay to Florida and Cuba ; apparently not common anywhere. 



