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117 (210, part) Rallus levipes Bangs. 



Southern California Clapper Raii,. 



Syn. — Rallus elegans, part; Rallus obsoletus, part. 



Status — Common resident on the salt marshes of the Southern California coast from 

 Santa Barbara southeast to Newport Bay. 



118 (212) Rallus virginianus I^innaeus. 



Virginia Rail. 



Status — Common resident in suitable localities throughout the State ; recorded as breed- 

 ing at several points in the interior valleys. 



119 (214) Porzana Carolina (IJnnaeus) Baird. 



SORA. 



Status — Common resident in favorable localities throughout the State; recorded as nest- 

 ing in freshwater marshes of the interior valleys. 



120 (215) Porzana noveboracensis (Gmelin) Baird. 



Yellow Rail. 



Syn. — Ortygops no veboracensis. 



Status — Of rather rare occurrence in fall and winter in the vicinity of San Francisco 

 Bay; recorded also from Humboldt Bay. 



121 (216) Porzana jamaicensis (Gmelin) Baird. 



Black Rail. 



Syn. — Creciscus jamaicensis. 



Status — Seems to be a fairly common resident in favorable localities ; many fall records 

 from the vicinity of San Francisco Bay. 



122 (219) Gallinula galeata (Lichtenstein) Bonaparte. 



Florida Gallinule. 



Syn. — Gallinula chloropus galeata. 



Status — Fairly common resident of the interior valleys, north to Sacramento; several 



records of breeding in freshwater marshes. 



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123 (221) Fulica americana Gmelin. 



American Coot. 



Status — Abundant resident in suitable localities throughout the State; breeds at numer- 

 ous points. 



124 (222) Crymophilus fulicarius (Linnaeus) Stejneger. 



Red Phalarope. 



Syn. — Phalaropus fulicarius. 



Status— Common during migration along the coast ; occasional inland. 



