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215. Porzana noveboracensis ( (rme^m). — Yellow Rail. 



Omaha iu market, Bellevue (L. Bruner); "North America, breeding chiefly 

 northward (Goss). 



Fig. 4. — Virginia Rail. 



216. Porzana jamaicensis (G^me/m). — Black Rail. 



West Point, Omaha markets (L. Bruner); southeastern Nebraska (Bull. No. 

 2, Div. Ornith); "Eare in Nebraska" (Aughey); "Summer resident, rare" 

 (Taylor); "North to Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Oregon" (Goss). 



218. lonornis martinica (Linn.). — Purple Gallinule. 



Once at West Point (L. Bruner). 



219. Gallinula galeata (LichL). — Florida Gallinule. 



Omaha, Platte river (L. Bruner); "Sent to me from Beatrice in Sept., 1872 " 

 (Aughey); "North to the British provinces" (Goss); Omaha — breeding (L. 



