AVES. 63 



PALLDKOLAi:. KALI. I. 



RALLIDAE. 



121. CoTURMCOPS xovEBOHACENsis (Gnu'liii) Botiapartc. 



Yellow rail. 



I'lilica noirhorareusin (miu-I., Syst. iiat., 17SS, vol. 1, pt. L', p. 701. 

 "in Xovebor.\co." 



Rallus uovfboraccnsis (Lath.). Bonaparte, Anicr. oniitli., 1S33, 

 vol. 4, ]). 13<). |)1. 27, fijj. 2. V.g^, Capt-n, ISSC), pi. 20, fij:. C. 



Frt'slnvatcr inarshcs; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Rare migrant and .said to have bred near Calais. May 31 ; 

 Oet. 4-Xov. 1.-). 



X. H. — Hare migrant: Hampton. 



\t. — Hare migrant: Xe\v|)ort; nortlurn \"t. ; Huiland Co. 



M.\s.s. — Hare migrant and |)ossible summer resident. April- 

 May 2<1; Sept. 2-()ct. 22. 



K. 1. — Hare migrant (five records). Sept. 2S. 



CoN'.v. — Hare spring and uncommon fall migrant; .said to have 

 hred at Middlctown, 1S74, lS7o. (Mar. 24. ( Jaylordsville); Se|)t.- 

 Oct. 14 (Xov. 10). 



122. Chkci.scis JAM.\i(E.\sis ((Jniciiii) Cahanis. 



Black rail; Little black rail. 

 Hall lis jamairrn.si.'i (Jmel.. Syst. nat., 17^^, vol. 1. pt. 2, p. 71.S. 



".I AMAICA." 



I'urzniKi jatiuiirrn.tifi ((rniel.). Cha|>man, Ilandh. birds east. 

 Xo. Am<'r., l.<a"), |). 144; Allen, .\iik. I'.tOO. vol. 17, pi. 1. 

 I'reshwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Doubtfully recorded from Scarborough. ( )ct. 4, ISSI. 



Ma.s.s. — \'cry rare visitor and summer residerU (at Chatham, 

 Ilazardville). M;iy Di-Sept. 20. Kgg->. May. 



Co.N.v. — Very rare suimner resident (at Lyme, Saybrook); 

 also taken at Ilazenville. Kggs, .Iiuic (i-Julv 10. 



