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*' V SUBGENUS CRAC1SCUS. CABAN. 



173 (216) PORZANA JAMAICENSIS. (GMEL.) Black Rail. 



From Massachusetts and Illinois to West Indies ; apparently nowhere 

 common ; breeds throughout its range. 



GENUS CREX. BECHS. 



174 (217) CREX CRCX. (LiNN.) Corn Crake. 



European species ; accidental in eastern North America. 



Subfamily GALLINULIN^E. Gallinules. 

 GENUS IONORNIS. REICH. 



175 (218) IONORNIS MARTINICA. (LiNN.) Purple (iallinule. 



Gulf States ; casually north to New England and Illinois ; breeds from 

 southern Illinois and Carolinas southward. 



GENUS GALLINULA. Buiss. 



176 (219) GALLINULA GALEATA. (LiCHT.) Florida Gallinule. 



Warmer parts of America, from Canada to Chili ; breeds from New 

 England southward ; common in Southern States. 



Subfamily FULiCIN^G. Coots. 

 GENUS FULICA. LINN. 



177 (220) FULICA ATRA. LINN. European Coot. 



European species ; recorded from Greenland. 



178 (221) FULICA AMERICANA. GMEL. American Coot. 



Common in warmer portions of United States ; but casual from Canada 

 (and 'even Greenland) to West Indies ; abundant in Georgia, 



Florida, and Gulf States. 







ORDER LIMICOL^E. 



Shore Birds. Marsh Birds. 



FAMILY PHALAROPODID^E. Phalaropes. 



GENUS CRYMOPHILUS. VIEILL. 



179 (222) CRYMOPHILUS FULICAR1US. (LiNN.) Red Phalaropes. 



Bre'eds in Arctic regions ; south in winter to Middle States ; accidental 

 on Florida coast; New England, Illinois. 



GENUS PHALAROPUS. BRISS. 



180 (223) PHALAROPUS LOBATUS. (LiNN.) Northern Phalarope. 



' ' Northern portions of Northern Hemisphere ; breeding in Arctic lati- 

 tudes ; south in winter to the tropics." (A. O. U.) New England, 

 Illinois. 



