18 CHECK LIST OF THE 



Genus RALLUS. 



76. King Rail. 



(Rallus elegans.) 



A regular summer resident of the marshes at the western end of 

 Lake Erie. 



I have not heard of its occurrence elsewhere. 



77. Virginia Rail. 



(Rallus virginianus.) 



An abundant summer reriJent of the marshes of southern Ontario^ 

 breeding throughout its ran^j in the Province. 



Arrives about the midule of April and leaves early in October. 



Genus PORZANA. 



Subgenus PORZANA. 



78. Carolina Rail. 



(Porzana Carolina.) 



Very abundant summer resident of the marshes all over the 

 Province, breeding throughout its range. 



Arrives about the middle of April, departs about the end of 

 October. 



Subgenus COTURNICOPS. 



79. Yellow Rail 



(Porzana noveboracensis.) 



A regular but not a common summer resident of our marshes. 



Subgenus CRECISCUS. 



♦80. Black Rail. 



(Porzana jamaicensis.) ■ 



Very rare, probably a summer lesident where it occurs. 

 Subfamily GALLINULIN^. Gallinules. 

 Genus IONORNIS. 



81. Purple Gallinule. 



(Ibnornis martinica.) 



Of accidental occurrence here, one was taken in the marsh on 

 the Rouge river east of Toronto in 1892, but I know of no others. 



