104 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



RANGE. North America. Breeds from central British Columbia, 

 southern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, and Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 south to southern California, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, and 

 New Jersey; winters from northern California, Illinois, and South 

 Carolina through the West Indies and Central America to Venezuela 

 and Peru; accidental in Bermuda, Greenland, and England. 



GENUS COTURNICOPS BONAPARTE. 



Coturnicops BONAPARTE, Comptes Rendus, XLIII, 1856, 599. Type, 

 by monotypy, Fulica noveboracensis GMELIN. 



Cotumicops noveboracensis (GMELIN). Yellow Rail. [215.] 



Fulica noveboracensis GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 701. (New York.) 



RANGE. Chiefly eastern North America. Breeds from southern 

 Mackenzie, central Keewatin, and southern Ungava south to Minne- 

 sota and Maine; winters in the Gulf States, rarely in California, 

 Illinois, and North Carolina; casual in Nevada, Utah, and Bermuda. 



GENUS CRECISCUS CABANIS. 



Creciscus CABANIS, Journ. fur Orn., 1856, 428. Type, by monotypy, 

 Rallus jamaicensis GMELIN. 



Creciscus jamaicensis (GMELIN). Black Rail. [216.] 



Rallus jamaicensis GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 718. (Jamaica.) 



RANGE. Eastern North America. Breeds from southern On- 

 tario and Massachusetts south to Kansas, Illinois, and South Caro- 

 lina; winters from Texas east through the Gulf States and south to 

 Jamaica and Guatemala; casual in Bermuda. 



Creciscus coturniculus (RIDGWAY). Farallon Rail. [216.1.] 



Porzana jamaicensis var. coturniculus RIDGWAY, Amer. Nat., VIII, Feb., 

 1874, 111. (Farallon Islands, California.) 



RANGE. Pacific coast of United States. Breeds in coast marshes 

 of California; casual in Washington, Oregon, and Lower California. 



