AYES. 61 



PALUDICOLAE. RALLI. 



R ALU DAK. 



117. Rallus elegans Audubon. 



King rail; Fresh-marsh hen; Royal rail. 



Audubon, Omith. biogr., 1835, vol. 3, p. 27, pi. 203. "South- 

 ern States." Coues, Key No. Ahum-, birds, ed. 5, L903, vol. 2, 



p. 854. 



Freshwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Occasional fall visitor. Sept. 19-Dec. 17. • 

 Mass.— Occasional visitor at all seasons; may breed. 

 R. I. — Ran- visitor (four records). Jan., Feb., Mar., fall. 

 CONN. — Rare summer resident (Savbrook, Stratford) and 

 occasional at other seasons. 



118. Rallus crepitans Gmelin. 



Clapper rail; Salt-marsh hen. 



Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 713. " ix Noveboraco." 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1S42, vol. 5, p. 165, pi. 310. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 20, figs. 1, 2. 



Saltwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Accidental visitor in southern counties: Popham Beach, 

 Oct. 12 and (25), 1900; Sabattus Pond, 1874; ? York and Cum- 

 berland Cos. 



X. H. — Accidental visitor: Portsmouth. 



Vt. Accidental visitor: Burlington (Conger). 



Mass. — Occasional visitor, may breed. 



R. 1. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Conn. — Rare visitor ami summer resident (New Haven 

 Stratford). 



119. Rallus virginianus Rhine. 



Virginia rail; Water-hen. 

 Linnc, Syst. nat., ed. 12. 1766, vol. 1. p. 263. "in America 



