ORDER PALUDICOLZE. 79 
Geoc. Dist.— Northern parts of the Old World; occasional in 
Greenland. 
214. Porzana carolina (Linvn.). 
Sora. 
Rallus carolinus Linn. 8. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 153. 
Porsana carolina Bairp, Lit. Rec. & Jour. Linn. Assoc. Penn. 
Colk! Oct: 18455 \255- 
[B 555, C 648, R 574, C 679.] 
Groc. Dist.— Temperate North America, breeding chiefly north- 
ward, but less commonly on the Pacific coast. Casually north to 
South Greenland. South to the West Indies and northern South 
America. 
SusGENUS COTURNICOPS Bonaparte. 
Coturnicops Bonar. Compt. Rend. XLIII. 1856, 599. Type, 
Fulica noveboracensis GMEL. 
215. Porzana noveboracensis (GMEL.). 
Yellow Rail. 
Fulica noveboracensis GMEL. S. N. I. il. 1788, 701. 
Porsana noveboracensis BAiRD, Lit. Rec. & Jour. Linn. Assoc. 
Penn.‘Coll, Oct. 1845, 255. 
[B 557, C 469, R 575, C 680. ] 
Geoc. Dist.— Chiefly eastern North America, north to Nova Scotia, 
Hudson Bay, etc., less commonly west to Nevada and California. 
No extralimital records except for Cuba and Bermuda. 
SUBGENUS CRECISCUS Casanis. 
Creciscus CAB. J. f. O. 1856, 428. Type, Rallus jamaicensis LINN. 
216. Porzana jamaicensis (GMEL.). 
Black Rail. 
Rallus jamaicensis GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 718. 
Porsana jamaicensis BAIRD, Lit. Rec. & Jour. Linn. Assoc. Penn. 
Coll. Oct. 1845, 257. 
