ORDER PALUDICOIwE. 141 



[B , C 466 a, R 57 o, C6 74 .] 



HAB. Salt marshes of the Pacific coast, from Washington Terri- 

 tory (?) to Lower California. 



211. Rallus longirostris crepitans (GMEL.). 



Clapper Rail. 



Rallus crepitans GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 713. 



Rallus longirostris crepitans RIDGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. July, 

 1880, 140. 



[B 553, C 465, R 571, C 673.] 



HAB. Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 

 New Jersey southward ; resident from the Potomac southward. Casual 

 north to Massachusetts. 



211<z. Rallus longirostris saturates HENSH. 



Louisiana Clapper Rail. 



Rallus longirostris saturatus " HENSHAW MS." RIDGW. Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, V. July, 1880, 140. 



[B C R 57 i*, C6 75 .] 

 HAB. Salt marshes of the Gulf States, from Florida to Louisiana. 



212. Rallus virginianus LINN. 



Virginia Rail. 



Ralhis virginianus LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 263. 

 [B 554, C 467, R 572, C 677.] 



HAB. North America, from the British Provinces south to Guate- 

 mala and Cuba. 



GENUS PORZANA VIEILLOT. 



SUBGENUS PORZANA. 

 Porzana VIEILL. Analyse, 1816, 61. Type, Rallus porzana LINN. 



[213.] Porzana porzana (LINN.). 



Spotted Crake. 



Rallus porzana LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 262. 

 Porsana porzana BOUCARD, Cat. Av. 1876, 7. 



