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Porzwaa Carolina. —Viell. 
Common Rail. 
Very abundant in Autumnalong the marshes of 
the Delaware River. Very abundant in Iowa 
and Wisconsin, breeding in ¢ 
around the slough. Ihave seen them as thick 
as black birds. Eggs eight to fourteen. 
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Porzana Famaicensts.—— Cassin. 
Little Black Rail. 
Very rare. I found this -bird breeding at 
Beesley’s Point, New Jersey. Also found it 
near Mount Holly, New Jersey. Eggs eight. 
Porzana Novebor acensis. 
Yellow Rail. 
Found in the wet meadows in Spring, and on 
the marshes in Autumn. Breeds in lowa, where 
I found its nest with eight eggs. 
Crex Pratensis—Bechst. 
Corn-crake. 
I was fortunate enough to obtain a specimen 
of this bird, while shooting wood-cock in June, in 
the meadows above Bordentown, N. J. This 
specimen is now in the Academy of Natural 
Science, of Philadelphia. I also obtained another 
specimen, shot in the meadows below Salem, 
N. J., in the month of August. 
