104 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
RanGE.— North America. Breeds from central British Columbia, 
southern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, and Gulf of St. Lawrence 
south to southern California, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, and 
New Jersey; winters from northern California, Illinois, and South 
Carolina through the West Indies and Central America to Venezuela 
and Peru; accidental in Bermuda, Greenland, and England. 
Grnus COTURNICOPS Bonaparre. 
Coturnicops BONAPARTE, Comptes Rendus, XLIII, 1856, 599. Type, 
by monotypy, Fulica noveboracensis GMELIN. 
Cotirnicops noveboracénsis (GMELIN). Yellow Rail. ([215.] 
Fulica noveboracensis GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 701. (New York.) 
RanGE.— Chiefly eastern North America. Breeds from southern 
Mackenzie, central Keewatin, and southern Ungava south to Minne- 
sota and Maine; winters in the Gulf States, rarely in California, 
Illinois, and North Carolina; casual in Nevada, Utah, and Bermuda. 
GENus CRECISCUS CaBaAnlis. 
Creciscus CaBanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1856, 428. Type, by monotypy, 
Rallus jamaicensis GMELIN. 
Creciscus jamaicénsis (GMELIN). Black Rail. [216.] 
Rallus jamaicensis GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 718. (Jamaica.) 
RanceE.— Eastern North America. Breeds from southern On- 
tario and Massachusetts south to Kansas, Illinois, and South Caro- 
lina; winters from Texas east through the Gulf States and south to 
Jamaica and Guatemala; casual in Bermuda. 
Creciscus coturniculus (R1pGway). Farallon Rail. [216.1.] 
Porzana jamaicensis var. coturniculus Ripaway, Amer. Nat., VIII, Feb., 
1874, 111. (Farallon Islands, California.) 
RaNGE.— Pacific coast of United States. Breeds in coast marshes 
of California; casual in Washington, Oregon, and Lower California. 
