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10. Rallus virginianus Linn. VIRGINIA RAIL. 



A common local summer resident, wintering on Cape Cod and 

 once at Worcester. 



April 18 to October 15 (November 27) ; Winter. 



Amherst : Nests about Adam's Pond. Berkshire : " Rare summer 

 resident." Bristol County : " Uncommon summer resident." Brookline : 

 "Formerly a summer resident." Cambridge: Common summer resi- 

 dent. Dedham: "Common." Essex County: " Summer visitant. Rather 

 rare." Nantucket : "Not unusual." Springfield: "Abundant summer 

 resident." Wellesley : " Common summer resident." 



n. Porzana Carolina (Linn.). CAROLINA RAIL. 



A common local summer resident. 



April 14 to November i (December 20). 



Amherst: " Occasional summer resident." Berkshire: " Rare summer 

 resident." Bristol County : " Uncommon summer resident." Brookline: 

 " An uncommon migrant." Cambridge : Very common summer resident. 

 Dedham: "Common." Essex County: " Summer visitant. Rather rare." 

 Ipswich: Two instances. Nantucket: "Common." Springfield: " Com- 

 mon summer resident," often "abundant during autumn." Templeton : 

 "Abundant summer resident." Wellesley: " Common summer resident." 



12. Porzana noveboracensis (Gmel.). YELLOW RAIL. 

 A rare spring and autumn migrant. 



April to May ; September 2 to October 16. 



Amherst: One instance; Northampton. Cambridge: Rare transient 

 visitant. Dedham: " Rare." Springfield: " Rare visitor. 1 ' Several in- 

 stances. Templeton: Mentioned. Wellesley: " Rare transient visitant."" 



13. Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel.). BLACK RAIL. 



An extremely rare summer resident. The records are : Ply- 

 mouth Harbour, Clark's Island, one picked up dead in August, 

 1869;! Bosion, one found in the streets, September 20, i874; 2 

 Chatham, a pair with young in July, 1884, and a nest with eggs, 

 in May, 1885 ; 8 Hazardville, bred "a number of years ago" 

 according to J. H. Batty. 4 



1 Purdie; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. II, No. i, Jan., 1877, p. 22. 

 2 Curtis ; Forest and Stream, Vol. VIII, Apr. 5, 1877, p. 129. 



3 Allen ; Revised Birds of Mass., 1886, p. 236. 



4 Morris; Birds of Springfield, 1901, p. 13. 



