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April 5, 1889, Sioux City, April 10, 1887, New Hampton, April 14, 

 1921, National, April 15, 1909, and Mount Vernon, April 22, 1907; 

 Wisconsin, Burlington, April 4, 1919, Milwaukee, April 10, 1911, 

 Madison, April 21, 1911, Whitewater, May 1, 1911, Delavan, May 3, 

 1896, Berlin, May 6, 1914, Elkhorn, May 8, 1909, and Racine, May 

 10, 1907; Minnesota, Waseca, April 15, 1893, Heron Lake, April 22, 

 1890, Fairmount, April 23, 1916, Hennepin County, April 27, 1890, 

 Jackson, May 5, 1903, and Lanesboro, Maj^ 12, 1908; Kansas, Em- 

 poria, April 14, 1885, Onaga, April 23, 1891, Paola, April 28, 1918, 

 and Wichita, May 9, 1916; and Nebraska, Falls City, April 13, 1889. 



Fall migration. — Late dates of fall departure are: Nebraska, Ne- 

 braska City, September 20, 1900, Lincoln, September 22, 1890, and 

 Gresham, September 24, 1896; Kansas, Lawrence, November 4, 1905; 

 Oklahoma, Caddo, November 1, 1883; Minnesota, Jackson, August 

 25, 1902; Wisconsin, Delavan, October 22, 1894; Iowa, Keokuk, 

 September 26, 1899, and McGregor, November 2, 1890; Ontario, 

 Point Pelee, August 22, 1909; Michigan, Manistee, October 16, 1904, 

 Detroit, October 30, 1904, and Ann Arbor, November 5, 1888; Ohio, 

 Youngstown, October 7, 1916, Cedar Point, October 22, 1906, Oberlin, 

 October 23, 1906, and Lakeside, October 30, 1918; Indiana, Indianap- 

 olis, October 4, 1914, and Richmond, November 11, 1916; Illinois, 

 La Grange, September 28, 1914, Fernwood, October 13, 1885, Can- 

 ton, October 27, 1894, and Warsaw, Novembers, 1899; Connecticut, 

 Portland, September 18, 1913, North Haven, September 26, 1905, 

 and Mcriden, October 4, 1914; New York, Amity ville, September 

 7, 1891; New Jersey, A valon, September 22, 1902, Camden, October 

 17, 1915, and Pennsville, October 20, 1914; and the District of Co- 

 lumbia, Washington, November 7, 1891. 



Egg dates. — Illinois: 31 records. May 4 to Jujie 26; 16 records, 

 May 15 to June 10. Minnesota and Wisconsin: 8 records, May 21 

 to June 30. 



RALLUS BELDINGI (Kidgway) 

 BELDING RAIL 



HABITS 



This little known species is confined, so far as we know, to the 

 southern part of the peninsula of Lower California, from Magdalena 

 Bay southward. It somewhat resembles the king rail, but is consid- 

 erably smaller and is darker and richer in color. It is a very shy 

 and retiring bird, living in the most inaccessible mangrove swamps 

 in a remote region; consequently very little has ev^er been learned 

 about its habits and still less has been published. 



William Brewster (1902a) writes: 



The type specimen of this rail was taken by Mr. Belding on Espiritu Santo 

 Island, but Mr. Frazar found the bird only about the shores of the Baj' near 

 La Paz, where it inhabits mangrove thickets bordering mud flats or intersected 



