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Family RALLIDAE. Rails, gaflitm/es and coots. 



208. Rallus elegans Aud. King rail. 



Summer resident; rather rare. Carlton, Aug., 1880 — Langille, 

 p. 400. Canandaigua, Oct., 1894. Springville, Sept., 1898, two seen 

 and one captured. Mr. Ottomar Reinecke of Buffalo reports taking a 

 fully formed ^oig from a bird killed there several years ago; and his 

 son Edward took a set of ten eggs of this species near Buffalo, May 30, 

 1894. 



211. Rallus crepitans Gmel. Clapper rail. 



Accidental visitant. Two instances near Syracuse, J. A. Dakin, 

 per A. W. Perrior. Perhaps R. clegmis was mistaken for this 

 species. 



212. Rallus virginianus Linn. Virginia rail. 



Summer resident; fairly common. April 20 — Oct. 10. Frequents 

 grassy swamps and margins of streams. Nest, in a swamp, concealed 

 in the grass or under a brush pile; May 10 — June 20: eggs 8-12. 



214. Porzana Carolina (Linn.) Sora. 



Summer resident; common in grassy swamps and marshes. April 

 25 — Oct. 18. Nest, a bunch of dead flags carefully concealed in the 

 dense sedge-grass; May 26 — June 15; eggs 6-1 1. 



215. Porzana noveboracensis (Gmel.) Yellow rail. 

 Transient visitant: rather uncommon. Usually taken in the fall. 



Sept. I — Oct. 15. Reported from Buffalo, Brockport, Murray, Penn 

 Yan, Dresden, Utica and Rochester. Canandaigua, Oct. 4, 1894 ; 

 also Sept. I, 1896. Spring record: Murray, Apr. 21, 1894 — Auk 16, 

 194. 



216. Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel. ) Black rail. 



Summer visitant; very rare. Two instances recorded in the Au- 

 burnlist, p. 35; Penn Yan, 1870; Watkins, spring of 1872. Thesecond 

 specimen is in the John B. Gilbert collection at Elmira College. 



218. lonornis martinica (Linn.) Purple gallinule. 



Summer visitant ; accidental, A bird of this species was cap- 

 tured some years ago by the Haight brothers near East Homer — 

 G, B. Sutton. 



