AVES. 63 



PALUDICOLAE. RALLI. 



RALLIDAE. 



121. COTUKNICOPS noveboracensis (Gmelin) Bonaparte. 



Yellow rail. 



Fulica noveboracensis Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 701. 

 "in Noveboraco." 



Ralhis noveboracensis (Lath.). Bonaparte, Amer. ornitli., 1833, 

 vol. 4, p. 136, pi. 27, fig. 2. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 20, fig. 6. 



Freshwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



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

 Oct. 4-Nov. 15. 



N. H. — Rare migrant: Hampton. 



Vt. — Rare migrant: Newport; northern Vt.; Rutland Co. 



Mass. — Rare migrant and possible summer resident. April- 

 May 26; Sept. 2-Oct. 22. 



R. I. — Rare migrant (five records). Sept. 28. 



Conn. — Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant; said to have 

 bred at Middletown, 1874, 1875. (Mar. 24, Gaylordsville) ; Sept.- 

 Oct. 14 (Nov. 10). 



122. Creciscus jamaicensis (Gmelin) Cabanis. 



Black rail; Little black rail. 



Ralhis jamaicensis Gmel., Syst. nat., 17S8, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 718. 

 "Jamaica." 



Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel.). Chapman, Handb. birds east. 

 No. Amer., 1895, p. 144; Allen, Auk, 1900, vol. 17, pi. 1. 



Freshwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



Mk. — Doubtfully recorded from Scarborough, Oct. 4, 1881. 



Mass. — Very rare visitor and summer resident (at Chatham, 

 Hazardville). May 16-Sept. 20. Eggs, May. 



Conn. — Very rare summer resident (at Lyme. Saybrook); 

 also taken at Hazenville. Eggs, June 6- July 10. 



