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207. Aramus giganteus (BONAP.). 



Liinpkiu. 



Rallus giganteus BONAP. Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. V. 1825, 31. 

 Aramus giganteus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 657. 



[B 481, C 464, R 581, C 67 1.] 

 HAB. Florida, West Indies, and Atlantic coast of Central America. 



FAMILY RALLID-^3. RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS. 

 SUBFAMILY BALLING. RAILS. 



GENUS RALLUS LINNAEUS. 

 Rallus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 153. Type, R. aquaticus LINN. 



208. Rallus elegans AUD. 



King Kail. 



Rallus elegans AUD. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 27, P 1 - 20 3- 

 [B 552, C 466, R 569, C 676.] 



HAB. Fresh-water marshes of the Eastern Province of the United 

 States, from the Middle States, Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Kan- 

 sas southward. Casually north to Massachusetts, Maine, and Ontario. 



209. Rallus beldingi RIDGW. 



Belding's Rail. 



Eallus beldingi RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 1882, 345. 



[B- C- R- C-.] 

 HAB. Espir-itu Santo Islands, Gulf of California. 



210. Rallus obsoletus RIDGW. 



California Clapper Rail. 



Rallus elegans var. obsoletiis RIDGW. Am. Nat. VIII. 1871, in. 

 Rallns obsoletus RIDGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. July, 1880, 139. 



