PORZANA JAMAICENSIS, LITTLE BLACK EAIL. 539 



country. Mr. Allen found it in Utah, about Great Salt Lake, and I in 

 Arizona. 1 have also taken_it, in the breeding season, in Montana. 



The eggs of Forzana Carolina are spotted just like those of the fore- 

 going Ralli^ but are readily distinguished by their strong drab ground- 

 color, instead of the white or creamy and pale bufly of the former. They 

 are rather smaller than those of B. virginia^ms, and perhaps more ob- 

 tuse, measuring about 1.20 by 0.90. 



P0RZA:J^A NOVEBOEACENSIS, (Gm.) Cass. 

 Little Tellow Kail. 



FuUca noveboracensis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 701. 



Gallitiitla noveboracensis, Lath., Ind. Oru. ii, 1790, 771 (Arct. Zool. ii, 491; G. S. v, 262). 



Orti/gometra noveboracensis, Steph., Shaw's Gen. Zool. sii, 1824. — Bp., List, 1838, 53. — 

 AUD., Syn. 1839, 213; B. Am. v, 1842, 152, pi. 307.— Linsl., Am. Journ. Sci. xliv, 

 1843, 268 (Connecticut).— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 204.— Putn., Pr. Ess. lust, i, 1856, 

 229 (Massachusetts ; compare Peab., Eep. Orn. Mass. 375 ; Emmons, Cat. 6). 



Ballus noveboracensis, Bp., Specc. Comp. 1827, 212 ; Syn. 1828, 335 ; Am. Orn. iv, 1832, 

 136, pi. 27, f. 2.— NuTT., Man. ii, 1834, 215.— Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 402 

 (Hudson's Bay).— AuD., Orn. Biog. iv, 1838, 251, pi. 329. 



Coturnieops noveboracensis, Bp., Ann. So. Nat. i, 1854, 46. 



Forzana noveboracensis, Cass., Baird's B. N. A. 1858, 750.— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 

 1860, No. 229.— CouES & Prext., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 416.— Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, 

 iv, 1864, 87 (Massachusetts, rare).- Coues, ibid, v, 1868, 297. — Dress., Ibis, 

 1866, 40 (Texas).— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 124 (South Carolina, migra- 

 tory).— ScL. & Salv., p. Z. S. 1868, 457.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. viii, 1866, 295.— 

 TuRNB., B. E. Pa. 1869, 33 (rare).- Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 357 (winter- 

 ing in Florida, common). — Mayn., Guide, 1870, 146 (Massaehusetts, migratory, 

 rare, perhaps breeding). — Allen, Am. Nat. iii, 1870, 639 (Massachusetts). — 

 Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1871, 35 (North Carolina).— Coues, Key, 1872, 274.— 

 Hatch, Bull. Minn. Acad. Sci. 1, 1874, 65 (Minnesota). — RiDGW., Ann. Lye 

 N. Y. X, 1874, 387 (Illinois). 



Aramides (Coturnicops) noveboracensis. Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 61, No. 10448. 



Perdix hudsonica, Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 655. 



Ballus ruficoUis, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxviii, 556 ; Enc. Meth. 1070 ; Gal. 

 Ois. ii, 168, pi. 266. 



Hab. — Eastern North America. North to Hudson's Bay, but in New England not 

 observed beyond Massachusetts. Apparently nowhere abundant. Winters in the 

 Southern States. (No extralimital record). 



The Smithsonian has a set of six eggs of P. noveboracensis^ taken May 

 17, at Winnebago, Illinois. They are the only ones I have seen, and 

 differ from all those of P. Carolina in the color of the ground, which is 

 a rich, warm buffy-brown, marked at the great end with a cluster of 

 reddish-chocolate dots and spots. Size 1.15 by 0.85, to 1.05 by 0.80; 

 shape as in the foregoing. 



POEZANA JAMAICENSIS, (Gm.) Cass. 

 Little Black Kail. 



a. jamaicensis. 



Ballus jamaicensis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 718. -Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 761 (Brl^s., 

 Suppl- 140 ; Emv., pi. 278 ; Browne, Jam. 479 ; Gen. Syn, v, 239). — Aui^., Orn. 

 Biog. iv, 1838, 359, pi, 349. 



Ortygometra jamaicensis, SxEPH., Shaw's Gen. Zool. — Bp., List, 1838, 53. — Acd., Syn, 

 1839, -Jll ; 15. Am. v, 1842, 157, pi. 3()8.— GossK. B. Jam. 1847, 375.— Bp., Comp'tes 

 Rcndus, xliii, 599.— Salv., Ibis, 1866, 198 (Duenas, Gnat.). 



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