34 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Rallus elegans. 



KING RAIL. 



Both in the SAUNDERS-MORDEN list and in Mr. MC!L- 

 WRAITH'S Birds of Ontario this species is given as common on 

 the St. Clair Flats ; Mr. CLEMENTI reports it fairly common near 

 Peterborough; and in the DUNLAP-WINTLE list of Montreal 

 species it is given as " tolerably common." 



I have examined in the flesh one specimen that was shot near 

 St. John, N. B., in June, 1887. 



Rallus virginianus. 



VIRGINIA RAIL. 



Occurs throughout the Dominion. It is rare in British 

 Columbia, and seldom seen north of latitude 50, though Dr. 

 BELL reports its occurrence at York Factory, and TURNER took 

 one at Hamilton Inlet, Labrador. 



Porzana Carolina. 



SORA. 



The "Carolina Rail " is well known to all sportsmen between 

 the Atlantic and Western Manitoba. It ranges as far north as the 

 Hudson's Bay district, and south to northern South America. 



Porzana noveboracensis. 



YELLOW RAIL. 



This species occurs occasionally throughout the Eastern 

 Provinces, but is not common anywhere. It has been taken in 

 the Hudson's Bay district, and THOMPSON reports having ex- 

 amined one specimen taken in Manitoba. 



THE CORN CRAKE (crex crex], a European species, is said to occur 

 in Eastern North America, but I have seen no record of its having been 

 observed in Canadian territory. 



