LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
Suborder RALLI. Rails, Gallinules, Coots, etc. 
FAMILY ARAMIDZE. Courlans. 
Genus ARAMUS. Viettu. 
ARAMUS GIGANTEUS. (Bonap.) Limpkin. 
Tropical species ; resident and breeds in Florida. 
FAMILY RALLIDZAE. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. 
Subfamily RALLINA. Rails. 
Genus RALLUS. Linn. 
RALLUS ELEGANS. Aub. King Rail. 
Fresh-water marshes of eastern United States; casual north of North 
Carolina, New England, and Illinois; recorded as far north as 
Ontario. 
RALLUS CREPITANS. Gwe. Clapper Rail. 
Salt-water marshes; New England to Gulf States. 
Rallus crepitans saturatus. (Ripa@w.)  Louisiang Clapper Rail. 
A dark race of 2. crepitans, which occurs in the salt-water marshes of 
Louisiana. 
Rallus crepitans waynet. Brewster. Wayne’s Clapper Rail. 
This race is described as differing from true crepitans in being darker, 
‘¢the underparts with more ashy, the under tail coverts with fewer 
markings.” (Brewster Auk, p. 50, 1899.) Habitat, coast of 
Georgia to middle Florida (head of Indian River). 
RALLUS SCOTTI. (SENN.) Scott’s Rail- Florida Clapper Rail. 
Florida. 
RALLUS VIRGINIANUS. LINN. Virginia Rail. 
North America, Canada to Cuba; often occurring in large numbers on 
New England marshes during migrations. 
Genus PORZANA.  VIEILL. 
PORZANA PORZANA. (LINN.) Spotted Crake. 
European species ; recorded from Greenland. 
PORZANA CAROLINA. (LINN.) Sora. Carolina Rail. 
North America; common on Atlantic coast, Florida, and Gulf States; 
West Indies and South America in winter. 
SUBGENUS COTURNICOPOS. Bonar. 
PORZANA NOVEBORACENSIS. (GMEL.) Yellow Rail. 
Hudson Bay to Florida and Cuba; apparently not common anywhere. 
