AVES. 61 



PALUDICOLAE. RALLI. 



RALLIDAE. 



117. RALLUS ELEGANS Audubon. 



King rail; Fresh-marsh hen; Royal rail. 



Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1835, vol. 3, p. 27, pi. 203. " SOUTH- 

 ERN STATES." Coues, Key No. Amer. birds, ed. 5, 1903, vol. 2, 

 p. 854. 



Freshwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



ME. Occasional fall visitor. Sept. 19-Dec. 17. 

 MASS. Occasional visitor at all seasons; may breed. 

 R. I. Rare visitor (four records). Jan., Feb., Mar., fall. 

 CONN. Rare summer resident (Saybrook, Stratford) and 

 occasional at other seasons. 



118. RALLUS CREPITANS Gmelin. 



Clapper rail; Salt-marsh hen. 



GmeL, Syst. na*., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 713. "IN NOVEBORACO." 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 165, pi. 310. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 20, figs. 1, 2. 



Saltwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



ME. Accidental visitor in southern counties : Popham Beach, 

 Oct. 12 and (25), 1900; Sabattus Pond, 1874; ? York and Cum- 

 berland Cos. 



N. H. Accidental visitor: Portsmouth. 



VT. Accidental visitor: Burlington (Conger). 



MASS. Occasional visitor, may breed. 



R. I. Doubtfully recorded. 



CONN. Rare visitor and summer resident (New Haven 

 Stratford). 



119. RALLUS VIRGINIANUS Linne". 



Virginia rail; Water-hen. 

 Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 263. "IN AMERICA 



