1 6 ANNOTATED LIST OF BIRDS 



212. Virginia Rail — Ralhis virginiaiius Linn. 

 Common summer resident, Apr. 20-Oct. 15. Marshes and 

 weedy edges of ponds and streams. Seldom seen until 

 Aug. or Sept. Nest on ground in marshes. BL ii 283. 



214. Sora, Carolina Rail, *< Meadow Hen^' — Por- 



zana Carolina (Linn.). Common summer resident, Apr. 

 20-Oct. 20. Haunts and habits like those of preceding. 

 BL ii 286. 



215. Yellow Rail — Po7'zana noveboracensis (Gmel.). 

 Rare transient visitant, Apr.-May, Sept.-Oct. Newton, 

 Sept. 1868 (Am. Nat. iii 639). Sudbury Meadows in fall 

 of 1895, two examples by C. Paine, — A. W. Morse. BL 

 ii 287. 



219. Florida Gallinule, Common Gallinule — Gal- 



linula galeata (Licht.). Rare summer resident, May 10- 

 Oct. Marshes, etc. Nest on ground. Natick, near L. 

 Cochituate, — Roberts ; Sherborn, Little Pond, — Babcock ; 

 Wayland, — BL ii 291. 



221. American Coot — Fulica ame^-kana Gmel. 

 Migrant, Apr., Sept.-Nov. Not uncommon in fall on 

 ponds and streams. BL ii 294. 



222. Red Phalarope — Cry mop hi I us fulicarius 

 (Linn.). Irregularly not uncommon off coast, accidental 

 inland. Sudbury Meadows, Wayland, Oct. 9, 1896, shot 

 by C. Paine, — \Vm. Brewster. BL ii 189. 



223. Northern Phalarope — Phalaropus lobatics 



(Linn.). Common off coast, accidental inland. One ex- 

 ample, Sudbury Meadows, taken by N. Browne of Sud- 

 bury, about 1866, — in collection of G. E. Browne. BL 

 ii 187. 



225. American Avocet — Recurvirostra a77iericana 

 Gmel. Accidental from West. One example, L. Cochit- 

 uate, Natick, 1881, — Roberts. BL ii 180. 



