ALEGTORIDES — RALLIFORMES RALLTD^E. 



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individual was shot in the marsh above Long Bridge by Mr. Frank 

 Ford, September 8, 1882. The occurrence so far from salt water is very 

 unusual. • [G73] 



Fig. 88.— Clapper Rail. 



197. (180.) Rallus elegans And. Fresh-water Marsh-hen; " King Rail;" 



"King Ortolan." 



A spring and autumn migrant, remaining but a short time at each 

 season. It is chiefly observed early in the autumn, when the marshes 

 are so incessantly ransacked by the gunners, but is never common. [G7GJ 



198. (181.) Rallus virginianus Linn. Virginia Rail ; " King Ortolan." 



A spring and autumn migrant ; very rarely observed at the former 

 season, and not abundant at any time. Found at the same times and 

 in the same places as the Sora. [G77J 



199. (182.) Porzana Carolina (Linn.) Vieill. Common Rail ; Sora; "Ortolan." 

 A spring and autumn migrant. It is not ordinarily noticeable during 



the former season, but at the latter it is very numerous in the marshes 



Fig. 89.— Sora. 



along the rivers, affording great sport from the latter part of August or 

 the beginning of September until the first frost. It is commonly called 

 the " Ortolan," a name having no applicability whatever. A descrip- 

 tion of rail-shooting is given in the introduction, in the article on the 

 Anacostia Eiver Eegion. [679] 



200. (183.) Porzana jamaicensis ((?m.) Cass. Little Black Rail. 



Very rare, perhaps only casual, during the migration. An individual 

 was seen by ourselves, but unluckily not secured, in September, 1861. 

 One was taken two or three years ago, and is now in the Smithsonian. 



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