ORDER PALUDICOL®. 101 
toba, and western Ontario south to California, Colorado, Nebraska, 
Illinois, and Ohio; formerly in migration east to New England; now 
rare east of the Mississippi, except in Florida, and rare as a breeder 
in the southern half of its former breeding range; winters from Cali- 
fornia, Texas, and Louisiana south to Mexico. 
Famity ARAMIDZ. CouRLANs. 
GENUS ARAMUS VIEILLOT. 
Aramus ViEILLOT, Analyse, 1816, 58. Type, by monotypy, ‘‘Courliri, 
Buff.”’ = Ardea scolopacea GMELIN = Numenius vociferus LATHAM. 
Aramus vociferus (LarHam). Limpkin. ([207.] 
Numenius vociferus LatHaM, Suppl. Index Orn., 1801, xv. (Florida.) 
Rance.— Florida, Greater Antilles, and both coasts of ,Central 
America; casual north to South Carolina; accidental in Texas. 
SUBORDER RALLI. Rais, GALLINULES, Coots, ETC. 
Famity RALLIDZ. Rais, GALLINULES, AND Coots. 
SuBFAMILY RALLINAS. Rais. 
GENUS RALLUS LINN vs. 
Rallus Linnazvs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 153. Type, by subs. desig., 
Rallus aquaticus Linnasus (Gray, 1840). 
Réllus élegans AUDUBON. King Rail. [208.] 
Rallus elegans AUDUBON, Birds Amer. (folio), III, 1834, pl. 203. (South- 
eastern United States, or interior of South Carolina.) 
RanceE.— Eastern North America. Breeds from Nebraska, south- 
ern Minnesota, Ontario, New York, and Connecticut south to Texas, 
Florida, and Cuba; winters mainly in the southern part of its breeding 
range; casual north to South Dakota and Maine. 
