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The king rail also has been observed or taken in South Dakota (Ver- 

 milion); North Dakota (Fargo, October 15, 1925); Minnesota (Lake 

 Minnotonka in September 1911, and in Ottertail Comity); Ontario 

 (Toronto, September, 1903, and Ottawa, May 7, 1896) ; Vermont (Ben- 

 nington, May 1910); and Maine (several records in the vicinity of 

 Portland) . 



Winter range. — Southern part of the breeding range and coast 

 regions of Louisiana and Texas, rarely to east-central Mexico. North 

 to Texas (Brownsville and Corpus Christi); southern Louisiana (New 

 Orleans and Mandeville) ; Mississippi (Hancock County) ; Alabama 

 (Greensboro); and South Carolina (Mount Pleasant). East to South 

 Carolina (Mount Pleasant, Port Royal, and probably Frogmore) ; 

 Georgia (Savannah and Blackbeard Island) ; and Florida (Titus- 

 ville). South to Florida (Fort Myers); Louisiana (Octave Pass and 

 ^'ermilion Bay); Texas (Brownsville); and rarely Mexico, Vera 

 Cruz (Tiacotalpam). 



There are also records of winter occurrence north to Virginia (Wal- 

 lops Island, January 9 to February o, 1921); Maryland (Pawtuxent 

 River, December 16, 1889; Marshall Hall, December 2, 1914 and 

 Cecil County, February 15, 1917); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 

 December 12, 1909); New York (Greene, January 1891, and Ithaca, 

 November 29, 1901); Connecticut (Meriden, October 14, 1914, Mil- 

 ford, December 15, 1892, andSaybrook, January 14, 1876) ; Massachu- 

 setts, Needham, October 10, 1907, Nahant, November 21, 1875, West 

 Barnstable, December 30, 1909, Cambridge, December 30, 1896, and 

 Ellisville, January 20, 1903) ; Michigan (Port Huron, December 13,1902, 

 Hudson, December 11, 1896, Monroe, December 12, 1908, and Detroit, 

 February 6, 1907, and February 1909); Ontario (Point Pelee, Decem- 

 ber 31,. 1906); and Wisconsin (Beaver Dam, December 19, 190G). 



Spring migration. — Early dates of arrival are: Pennsylvania, Erie. 

 April 17, 1902, and Berwyn, May 4, 1905; New Jersey, Salem, April 

 26, 1914, Cape May. May 6, 1880, and South Amboy, May 12, 1879; 

 New York, Montauk Light, March 3, 1887, Geneva, April 19, 1908, 

 and Buffalo, May 4, 1914; Arkansas, Brookland, April 29, 1914; Mis- 

 souri, Fayette, April 2, 1887, Corning, April 4, 1913, and St. Louis, 

 April 9; Illinois, Chicago, March 27, Rockford, April 3, 1887, Alton, 

 April 5, 1894, Farina, April 10, 1897, Fernwood, April 10, 1887, Mil- 

 ford, April 13, 1909, Morgan Park, April 14, 1895, and Glen Ellyn, 

 April 19, 1899; Indiana. Richmond, April 1, 1914, Worthington. 

 April 10, 1908, Bicknell. April 7, 1921, Crawfordsville, April 12, 1921, 

 ftnd Indianapolis, April 15, 1916; Ohio, Medina, April 10, 1922, Cir- 

 cleville, April 11, 1917, Huron, April 16, 1912, Montgomery, April 

 18, 1895, Cleveland, April 19, 1880; Michigan, Petersburg, April 20, 

 1886, Vicksburg, April 23, 1911, Detroit, April 28, 1907, and Ann 

 Arbor, May 4. 1910; Ontario, Point Pelee, April 22, 1908; and 

 Ottawa, May 7, 1896; Iowa, Keokuk, Marcli 27, 1894, Grinnell, 



