2 54 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Rallus virginianus Linn. 



Rallies virginianus Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 263 (1766). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. VII. p. 308 (i860) CCuba).— Gundl. Repert. Fisico- 

 Nat. Cuba, I, p. 361 (iS66) ; ib. ]. f. O. 1S75, p. 357 (Cuba).— Cory, 

 ListBds. W. I. p. 29 (18S5). 

 Accidental in Cuba. 



Rallus longirostris crepitans (Gmel.). 



Rallies crepitans Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 713 (1788). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 122 (1S59) (Bahamas). 

 Rallies longirostris Cory Bds. Bahama I. p. 176 (18S0). 

 Rallus longirostris crepitans RiDGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 140 

 (1880).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 29 (1885). 

 Bahamas in winter. 



Rallus longirostris caribaeus Ridgw. 



Rallies longirostris D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 260 



(1840). — GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 364 (1847).— A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 



1859, p. 260.— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 378. — A. 



& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (18S1). 

 Rallies crepitans Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860). — 



ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 81. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 206.— Gundl. 



Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 361 (1866) ; ib.]. f. O. 1875, p. 356; 



ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 388 (1878).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. 



Nat. Mus. I, pp. 461, 487 (1878). 

 '■'•Rallies elegans March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 69".' 

 Rallies longirostris var. caribceiis Ridgw Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. V, 



p. 140 (1S80).— Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. W. Bds. I, 



P- 359 (1S84). 

 Rallies longirostris caribcEees Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 29 (1885). 



This form is very closely allied to the North American bird ; 

 tlie principal difference being that those from the West Indies 

 usually show olivaceous striping on the back, more or less dis- 

 tinct. 



Habitat. Antilles. 



Rallus coryi Maynard. 



Rallies corvi Maynard. American Exchange and Mart, Boston, Jan 15 

 (1SS7): ib.FQh. 5 (1887) 



Sp- Char. — "Above pale yellowish brown, streaked with pale ashy; 

 winos light reddish.becomingpaleron tlieouteredges; beneath pale 



