iSSS.J Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. ci 



*^^Rallus virginianus Linn. 



Rallies virginianus LiNN. Syst. Nat. I. p. 265 (1766). — Brkvvkr, Pr. Host. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 30S (i860) (Cuba).— Gundl. Report. l<'i.sico- 

 Nat. Cuba, I, p. 361 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S75. p. 357 (Cuba).— Cory, 

 ListBds. W. I. p. 29 (18S5). 

 Accidental in Cuba. 



Rallus longirostris crepitans (Gmel.). 



Rallus crepitans Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 713 (17SS). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 122 (1S59) (Bahamas). 

 Rallus longirostris Qo^Y, Bds. Bahama I. p. 176 (iSSo). 

 Rallus longirostris crepitans RiOGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 140 



(18S0).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 29 (18S5). 

 Bahamas in winter. 



■^Rallus longirostris caribaeus Ridgw. 



Rallui longirostris D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 260 



(1840). — GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 364 (1847). — A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 



1S59, P- 260. — Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 378. — A. 



& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (iSSi). 

 Rallus crepitans Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 30S (i860). — 



ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 81. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 206.— Gundl. 



Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 361 (1S66) ; ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. 356; 



lb. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII. p. 388 (1878).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. 



Nat. Mus. I, pp. 461, 487 (1878). 

 ''Rallus elegans ^IarCH. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64, p. 6cj" ? 

 Rallus longirostris var. caribaeus RiDGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, \^ 



p. 140 (18S0).— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. VV. Bds. 1, 



p. 359 (18S4). 

 Rallus longirostris caribcEus Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 29 (1885). 



This form is very closel)- allied to tlie Noith American bird ; 

 the principal difterence being that tliose iVom the West Indies 

 usually show olivaceous striping on the back, more or less dis- 

 tinct. 



Habitat. Antilles. 



Rallus coryi Maynard. 



Rillus coryi Maynard, American Exchange and Mart, Boston, Jan. 15 

 (1S87); /■/&. Feb. 5 (1887). 



Sp. Char. — "Above pale yellowish brown, streaked with pale ashy; 

 wings light reddish, becoming paler on the outeredges ; beneath pale 



