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Ordei PALUDICOL.E. 

 Family GRUIDyE. 



81. Qrus atnericana Liun. Whooping Gratw. 

 Common nloiig' the coast during winter 



82. Qrus mexicana Muell. SamJhlU Crane. 



A resideut along tlie coast, where it occurs in large num- 

 bers. 



Family RALLID^E. 



83. Rallus Elegans And. K'ukj llaiL 



An abundant winter resident, and niucli esteemed as a 

 game bird. 



84. Rallus crepitans Gmel. Clapper Hail. 



A very common resident in tlie salt marslies ; breeding 

 wberever found. 



85. Rallus crepitans saturatus Kid^w. Louisiana Clapper Bail. 



A resident m the salt marshes of the coast; so far, how- 

 ever, only a few specimens have been secured, the species 

 having only been established within little more than ten 

 years. 



86. Rallus virginianus Linn. Virginia Bail. 



A common winter resident; arriving from its breeding 

 places rather late in the fall. It leaves the southern secticfn 

 of Louisiana about the end of March. 



87. Porzana Carolina Linn. Carolina Bail; Sora. 



Like the preceding, a common winter resident; arriving, 

 however, much earlier in the fall, but departing in the spring 

 about the same dates. 



88. Porzana noveboracensis Gmel. Yellow Bail; Hiee-Jield Bail. 

 Kather a common fall and winter resident throughout the 



rice-producing sections, especially along the INIississippi, 

 where hunting dogs very frecpiently catch them alive. 

 81). Porzana jamaicensis Gmel. J!l<(eh- Bcdl. 



Notwithstanding continuous efforts nuule during the last 

 sixteen or seventeen years, I have never obtained this species, 

 although it undoubtedly occurs in Louisiana. Wherever it 

 does occur, it is not apt to be overlooked. Throughout Cen- 

 tral America it is very common, and I have very often 

 obtained four and live in a single morning hour. 

 90. lonornis martinica Linn. Fitrj>le C((llinnle. 



One of Louisiana's handsomest birds. It is an abundant 

 f resident in all marshy sections; breeding wherever it occurs, 



