ORDER PALUDICOL^E. 101 



toba, and western Ontario south to California, Colorado, Nebraska, 

 Illinois, and Ohio; formerly in migration east to New England; now 

 rare east of the Mississippi, except in Florida, and rare as a breeder 

 in the southern half of its former breeding range; winters from Cali- 

 fornia, Texas, and Louisiana south to Mexico. 



FAMILY ARAMIDJE. COURLANS. 



GENUS ARAMUS VIEILLOT. 



Aramus VIEILLOT, Analyse, 1816, 58. Type, by monotypy, "Courliri, 

 Buff." = Ardea scolopacea GMELIN = Numenius vociferus LATHAM. 



Aramus vociferus (LATHAM). Limpkin. [207.] 



Numenius vociferus LATHAM, Suppl. Index On., 1801, Ixv. (Florida.) 



RANGE. Florida, Greater Antilles, and both coasts of Central 

 America; casual north to South Carolina; accidental in Texas. 



SUBORDER RALLI. RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS, ETC. 



FAMILY RALLIDJE. RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS. 

 SUBFAMILY RALLIN-ffl. RAILS. 

 GENUS RALLUS LINNAEUS. 



Rallus LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 153. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Rallus aquaticus LINN^US (Gray, 1840). 



Rdllus elegans AUDUBON. King Rail. [208.] 



Rallus elegans AUDUBON, Birds Amer. (folio), III, 1834, pi. 203. (South- 

 eastern United States, or interior of South Carolina.) 



RANGE. Eastern North America. Breeds from Nebraska, south- 

 ern Minnesota, Ontario, New York, and Connecticut south to Texas, 

 Florida, and Cuba; winters mainly in the southern part of its breeding 

 range; casual north to South Dakota and Maine. 



