ORDER PALUDICOL^. 



[B — , C 466 a, R 570, C 674.] 



141 



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

 tory (?) to Lower California. 



r; I jj- 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. 



),^'- 211a. Rallus longirostris saturatus Hensh. 



Liouisiana Clapper Rail. 



Rallus longirostris saturatus " Henshaw MS." RiDGW. Bull. Nutt. 

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



[B— C— , R57i«, C675.] 

 ,,^ / , yllAB. Salt marshes of the Gulf States, from Florida to Louisiana. 



,jf2i, {1/212. Rallus virginianus Linn. 



Virginia Rail. 



Rallus virgin/anus Linn. S. N. ed. 12, L 1766, 263. 



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



Ha3. North America, from the British Provinces south to Guate- 

 mala and Cuba. 



Genus FORZANA Vieillot. 

 Subgenus PORZANA. 

 Porzana Vieill. Analyse, 18 16, 61. Type, Rallus porzana Linn. 



[213.] Porzana porzana (Linn.). 



Spotted Crake. 



Rail us porzana Linn. S. N. ed. 12, L 1766, 262. 

 Porzana porzana Boucard, Cat. Av. 1876, 7. 



