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LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, 34: 
oe SUBGENUS CRACISCUS. CaBan. 
(216) PORZANA JAMAICENSIS. (Guet.) Black Rail. 
From Massachusetts and Illinois to West Indies; apparently nowhere 
common; breeds throughout its range. 
Genus CREX. Becus. 
(217) CREX CREX. (Linn.) Corn Crake. 
European species ; accidental in eastern North America. 
Subfamily GALLINULINA:. Gallinules, 
Genus IONORNIS.  Reicu. 
(218) IONORNIS MARTINICA. (Linn.) Purple Gallinule. 
Gulf States ; casually north to New England and Illinois; breeds from 
southern Illinois and Carolinas southward. 
Genus GALLINULA. Briss. 
(219) GALLINULA GALEATA. (Licur.) Florida Gallinule. 
Warmer parts of America, from Canada to Chili; breeds from New 
England southward ; common in Southern States. 
Subfamily FULICINAE. Coots. 
Genus FULICA.  Liyy. 
(220) FPULICA ATRA. Linn. European Coot. 
European species ; recorded from Greenland. 
(221) FULICA AMERICANA. GweL. American Coot. 
Common in warmer portions of United States, but casual from Canada 
(and even Greenland) to West Indies; abundant in Georgia, 
Florida, and Gulf States. 
ORDER LIMICOLE. 
Shore Birds. Marsh Birds. 
FAMILY PHALAROPODID AE. Phalaropes. 
Genus CRYMOPHILUS.  Viertu. 
2) CRYMOPHILUS FULICARIUS. (Lryy.) Red Phalaropes. 
Breeds in Arctic regions ; south in winter to Middle States; accidental 
on Florida coast; New England, Illinois. 
Genus PHALAROPUS. | Briss. 
3) PHALAROPUS LOBATUS. (Linn.) Northern Phalarope. 
‘¢ Northern portions of Northern Hemisphere; breeding in Arctic lati- 
tudes; south in winter to the tropics.” (A.O.U.) New Kneland, 
Illinois. 
