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SUBGENUS CRACISCUS. (Al'.AN. 



173 (210) PORZANA JAMAICENSIS. (Gmel.) Black Rail. 



From Massachusetts aud Illinois to West luilies ; 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. Qallinules. 

 Genus IONORNIS. Keicii. 



175 (218) IONORNIS MARTINICA. (Linn.) Purple Qallinule. 



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

 southern Illinois and Carolinas southward. 



Genus QALLINULA. liuiss. 



176 (219) QALLINULA QALEATA. (Lk ht.) Florida Qallinule. 



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

 England southward ; common in Southern States. 



Subfamily FULICIN/E. 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^. 



Shore Birds. Marsh Birds. 



FAMILY PHALAROPODID^. PhaJaropes. 



Genus CRYMOPHILUS. Vieill. 



179 (222) CRYMOPHILUS FULICARIUS. (Linn.) Red Phalaropes. 



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

 on Florida coast; New England, Illinois. 



Genus PHALAROPUS. Bias?. 



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. 



