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PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA No. 3 



117 (210, part) Rallus levipes Bangs. 



Southern California Clapper Rail. 



Sy N.—J?al/us elegans, part; Rallus obsoletus, part. 



Status — Common resident on the salt marshes of the Southern California coast from 

 Santa Barbara southeast to Newport Bay. 



118 (212) Rallus virginianus Linnaeus. 



Virginia Rail. 



Status— Common resident in suitable localities throughout the State ; recorded as breed- 

 ing at several points in the interior valleys. 



119 (214) Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus) Baird. 



SORA. 



Status— Common resident in favorable localities throughout the State; recorded as nest- 

 ing in freshwater marshes of the interior valleys. 



120 (215) Porzana noveboracensis (Gmelin) Baird. 



Yellow Rail. 



Syn. — Ortygops noveboracensis. 



Status — Of rather rare occurrence in fall and winter in the vicinity of San Francisco 

 Bay; recorded also from Humboldt Bay. 



121 (216) Porzana jamaicensis (Gmelin) Baird. 



Black Rail. 



Syn. — Creciscus jamaicensis. 



Status— Seems to be a fairly common resident in favorable localities ; many fall records 

 from the vicinity of San Francisco Bay. 



122 (219) Gallinula galeata (Lichtenstein) Bonaparte. 



Florida Gallinule. 



Syn. — Gallinula chloropus galeata. 



Status — Fairly common resident of the interior valleys, north to Sacramento; several 

 records of breeding in freshwater marshes. 



123 (221) Fulica americana Gmelin. 



American Coot. 



Status — Abundant resident in suitable localities throughout the State; breeds at numer- 

 ous points. 



124 (222) Crymophilus fulicarius (Linnaeus) Stejneger. 



Red Phalarope. 



Syn. — Phalaropus fulicarius. 



Status — Common during migration along the coast ; occasional inland. 



