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 OS, Mallus elef/ans Aud. King Rail. 



Breeding Range — Fresh-water marshes, northward to Middle States, 



casually to Wisconsin. 

 Winter Distribution. — Southern U. S. 



Summer resident on the fresh water marshes, but not very com- 

 mon. It has been found breeding along the Brandywine at Pocop- 

 son, Chester county, Pa. {Stone), on the Delaware marslies at 

 Repaupo, N. J. (Stone), and in DelaAA'are county, Pa. {Reiff). Dr. 

 J. W. Detwiler has also found it breedins; on the Lehigh river near 

 Bethlehem, Pa. 



96. Malltis crejntans Gmel. Clapper Rail. Mud-hen. 



Breeding Range — Atlantic coast marshes, northward to Long Island, 



casually to JIassachusetts. 

 Winter Distribution — S. Atlantic coasts, casually to New Jersey. 



Abundant summer resident on the salt marshes of New Jersey 

 from Pt. Pleasant to Cape May, April 15 to Nov. 25. At Anglesea 

 Mr. Laurent states that they remain all winter during mild seasons. 

 (0. S^ 0., 1892.) Very rarely they straggle inland during migra- 

 tions, as Dr. Warren mentions a specimen in iiis collection which 

 was shot in Sept., 1880, near Chester, Pa., by Mr. Geo. R. Hoopes. 



97. Mallus t^irginianus Linn. Virginia Rail. 



Breeding Range — Whole of N. A. to Hudson Bay. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to Guatemala and Cuba. 



Summer resident in fresh marshes and in bogs and swamps along 

 the coast, though apparently not in the true salt marshes except in 

 migrations. Not very abundant inland, but rather plentiful along 

 the New Jersey coast. 



Arrives May 1 and remains till Oct. 25, or occasionally later. 



98. Povzana Carolina (Linn.). Sora. Carolina Rail. 



Breeding Range — Temperate N. A., from northern U. S. northward. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to West Indies, Jliddle America and 

 northern S. A. 



Abundant transient on the marshes of tlie Delaware and other 

 large streams, as w^ell as the brackish marshes near tlie coast. 



Dr. Warren considers that the Sora breeds occasionally in Chester 

 county, Pa., as he has secured specimens there on July 20 and Aug. 



