ORDER PALUDICOL. a 
[B 552, C 466, R 569, C 676.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Fresh-water marshes of the eastern United States, 
north to the Middle States, northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Kansas, 
casually to Massachusetts, Maine, and Ontario. 
209. Rallus beldingi Rivew. 
Belding’s Rail. 
Rallus beldingt Ripcw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 1882, 345. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Lower California (Espiritu Santo Island and vicin- 
ity of La Paz). 
210. Rallus obsoletus Ripcw. 
California Clapper Rail. 
Rallus elegans var. obsoletus Ripcw. Am. Nat. VIII. 1871, 111. 
Rallus obsoletus Ripcw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. July, 1880, 139. 
[B—, C 466a, R 570, C 674.] 
Groc. Dist.— Salt marshes of the Pacific coast, from Washington 
(?) to Lower California. 
211. Rallus crepitans Get. 
Clapper Rail. 
Rallus crepitans GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 713. 
[B 553, C 465, R 571, C 673.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Salt marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the 
United States, breeding from southern Connecticut southward ; resi- 
dent from the Potomac southward, occasionally wintering further 
north. Casual north to Massachusetts. 
211 a. Rallus crepitans saturatus Ripcw. 
Louisiana Clapper Rail. 
Rallus longirostris saturatus Ripcw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. 
July, 1880, 140. 
Rallus crepitans saturatus SENNETT, Auk, VI. April, 1889, 
pp. 164, 166. 
