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MONTGOMERY. 
[Vou. XII. 
The following abbreviations will be employed in the tables: 
= variation under I %. 
= variation between 1% and 1.5%. 
= variation between 1.5% and 2%. 
= variation of 2% or more. 
resident. 
= irregular migrant. 
regular migrant. 
extensive migrant. 
district. 
= tropical. 
= temperate. 
gulf. 
St: 
N.E. 
A. 
C.A. 
Miss. 
BIC. 
centre (or central). 
island. 
interior. 
river. 
valley. 
state. 
New England. 
America. 
Central America. 
Mississippi. 
British Columbia. 
n., €., S.. W. = north, east, south, west (or their adjectives). 
All other abbreviations for states and countries are those commonly employed 
in the U. S. 
TABLE I. VARIATION IN 
a ee Wey 
i) : 5 = i 
SPECIES. a ee eg | 
Sale< < 
5/2] e |BAle 
Rallus crepitans Gmel. De ad Rail Wedel ean 
R. c. saturatus Hensh. wre] | | 30 
R. obsoletus Ridgw. we | * | & | 
R. elegans (Aud.) call aad Meal ead 
R. beldingi Ridgw. #e | eR | KK] 
R. tenuirostris (Lawr.) seek] | eK 
R. virginianus Linn. ee | & | & [seHRR 
Porzana carolina (Linn.) werk] 2 | 3% bee 
P. jamaicensis (Gmel.) SHRP HH] [FERRE 
P. noveboracensis (Gmel.) seEHE BRE] pom 
Ionornis martinica (Linn.) * | * | 
Gallinula galeata (Licht.) * | & | me | we 
Fulica atra Linn. wee | HR | 
F. americana (Gmel.) seek] | HR poe 
THE RALLIDA. 










MIGRATION. 
BREEDING AREA. 
M. Atlantic marshes n. to 
Long I. 
R. coast of La. 
R. coast marshes from L. Cal. 
to Ore. 
M. freshwater marshes of e. 
WES: 
R. e. coast.of L. Cal: 
R. c. & w. Mex. 
E. M. whole N. A. n. to Hud- 
son B. 
E. M. n. U. S. northward. 
HE: M. s. U.S: ns to’ Mass. & 
Ore. 
E. M. n. U. S. to Hudson B. 
w. to Utah. 
M. nearly whole trop. & warm 
temp. A. 
M. whole trop. & temp. N. A. 
toLba Ge. 
M. n. Eurasia. 
E. M.n. U.S. to Greenland & 
Alaska. 


