So CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
[B 556, C 470, R 576, C 681.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Temperate North America, north to Massachusetts, 
northern Illinois, and Oregon ; south to West Indies and Guatemala. 
216.1. Porzana coturniculus (Ripew.). 
Farallone Rail. 
Porzana jamaicensis var. coturniculus “ Barrp, MS.” Ripew. Am. 
Nat. VIII. Feb. 1874, 111. 
Porzana coturniculus Ripcw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XIII. 
1890, 311. 
[B—, C 470a, R 576a, C 682.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Known only from the type specimen, from Faral- 
lone Islands, California. 
Genus CREX BeEcusten. 
Crex Becust. Orn. Taschb. Deutschl. 1802, 336. Type, Rallus 
crex LINN. 
[217.] Crex crex (Liny.). 
Corn Crake. 
Rallus crex Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 153. 
Crex crex SHARPE, LAyARD’s Bds. S. Africa, 1884, 611. 
[B 558, C 471, R 577, C 683.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Europe and northern Asia; casual in Greenland, 
Bermuda, and eastern North America. 
SuBPAMILY GALLINULINZ. Ga.LtLineutes. 
Genus IONORNIS ReIcHenpacu. 
fonornis REIcH. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xxi. Type, Fulica martinica 
LINN. 
218. Ionornis martinica (LINN.). 
Purple Gallinule. 
Fulica martinica LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 259. 
Lonornis martinica Reicu. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xxi. 
