BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 179 



189 (Hampton, N. H.). — Kumlien and Hollister, Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 Bull. 3, 1903, 39 (AVisconsin; habits). — Peabody, Warbler, ser. 2, i, 1905, 

 49[-51], pi. [2] (North Dakota; breeding habits, etc. ) .—Morris, Auk, xxii, 



1905, 208 (Springfield, Mass., Sept., Oct.; habits). — Wayne, Auk, xxii, 1905, 

 396 (near Charleston, S. C, Feb., Nov. ) .—Wilson (B. H.), Wils. Bull., xviii, 



1906, 2 (Scott County, Iowa, Sept. 20).— Jones (L.), Wils. Bull., xviii, 

 1906, 114 (Cleveland, Ohio, rare migrant) ; xxi, 1909, 123 (Lorain County, 

 Ohio). — Fleming, Auk, xxiii, 1906, 448 (Toronto, Ontario, regular mi- 

 grant).— McKetchim, Auk, xxiii, 1906, 4.57 (Dedham, Mass., May 26).— 

 Woodruff, Chicago Acad. Sci. Bull. 6, 1807, 59 (Chicago area, common 

 summer resident).— Widmann, Birds Missouri, 1907, 60 (rare or irregulnr 

 transient), — Roberts, in Wilcox's Hist. Becker County, Minn., 1907, 106 

 (breeding).— Anderson, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., xi, 1907, 208 (Iowa, rare 

 summer resident). — Knight, Birds Maine, 1908, 142 (rare summer resi- 

 dent). — Beyer, Allison, and Kopman, Auk, xxv, 1908, 176 (Louisiana, 

 winter resident). — Tavesner, Auk, xxv, 1908, 327 (Detroit, Mich., Mar. 

 25).— Johnston, Birds West Virginia, 1923, 87 (West Virginia). 



[Porza7ia] noveboracensis Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, viii, 1866, 



295 (vicinity New York City).— Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872, 274.— 



Cory, List Birds West Indies, 1885, and rev. ed., 1886, 30 (Cuba). 

 P[orzana] noveboracensis Kidgway, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, x, 1874, 387 



(Illinois); Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 140.— Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst, 



viil, 1876, 134 (ne. Illinois, common summer resident). 

 iOrti/fjops'\ noi-eboracensis Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 



320.— Shaepe, Hand-list, 1, 1899, 104. 

 Ortygops noveboracensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 126 (Illinois; 



Milford, Conn., Oct. 14; Seabrook, N. H., Oct. 15). 

 Crcx novaeboracensis Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bus, v. No. 30, livr. 7, 1865, 26. 

 \_Aramidcs'\ noveboracensis Gray, Hand-list, ill, 1871, 61, No. 10448. 

 Porsana jamaicensis ? (not Rallus jamaicensis Gmelin) Ridgway, Bull. Essex 



Inst., v, 1873, 173 (Parley's Park, Utah, 7,000 feet). 

 P[orzana] ja/rnaicenMS ? Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst, vi, 1874, 34 (Parley's Park, 



Utah). 

 ? Poi-zana jamaicensis Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 613 (Ruby Valley, Nev., 



Sept. 5 ; Parley's Park, Utah, June, July, Aug. ) . 

 Coturnirops noiwboracensis richii Bailey, Bailey Mus. and Libr. Nat. Hist. Bull. 10, 



1935, unpaged=l, (Canton, Ohio; crit.). 

 Coturnicops neveboracensis emersoni Bailey, Bailey Mus. and Libr. Nat. Hist. 



Bull. 10, 1935, unpaged— 2 (Shandon, San Luis Obispo County, Calif.; crit). 



COTURNICOPS NOVEBORACENSIS GOLDMANI (Nelson) 



Goldman's Yellow Rail 



Adult ( ?) maleP — Similar to the juvenal, ruf escent phase of Cotur- 

 nicidus 7iovehorace7isis noveboracensis^ but with the white transverse 

 markings much broader (1-1.5 mm. as against 0.3-0.5 mm. in the nom- 

 inate race) and the brownish edgings of the dorsal feathers slightly 

 righer in color — Sudan brown; wing 81; tail 25; exposed culmen 14.5; 

 tarsus 23 ; middle toe without claw 25 mm. (One specimen — the unique 

 type.) 



' Female unknown. 



