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371a. Railias longirostris satQirati&$ Hensh, Louisiana 

 Clapper Eail. Salt-water marshes of Gulf coast 

 of United States from Western Florida to Louisi- 

 ana. 



a. No. 87919. Jut. Charlotte Harbor, Florida ; J. Bell. 



b. No. 87920. Pullas. Charlotte Harbor, Florida; J. Bell. 



572. Rallus virgin ianus Linn. Virginia Rail. [554.] Entire 



temperate North America, south to Cuba and Guate- 

 mala. 



*a. No. 79364. Ad. D. W. Scott, 



573. Porzana niaruetta (Leach). Spotted Crake. Pake- 



arc tic region; accidental in Greenland. 



574. Porzana Carolina (Linn.). Sora Eail. Carolina Eail. 



[555.] Entire temperate North America; Middle 

 America and West Indies in winter. 



*a. No. 36481. Ad. Gainesville, Florida, May, 1882; J. Bell. 



b. No. 1649. $ jut. Carlisle, Pennsylvania, July 27,l>-44 ; Prof. S. F. Baird. 



575. Porzana noveboracensis (Gmel.). Little Yellow 



Eail. [557.] Eastern United States, west to Utah 

 and Nevada. 



a. No. 29743. Ad. Winnebago, Illinois, May 17, 1863; J. W.Tolman. 



576. Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel.). Little Black Eail. [556.] 



Warm-temperate, and tropical America in general; 

 north to California, Illinois, and Massachusetts; 

 south to Chili. 



a. No. 41898. Ad. (?) West Kansas ; A. Crocker. 



576a. Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus Baird. Faral- 

 lone Eail. Farallone Islands, coast of California. 



[577.] Crex pratensis Bechst. Corn Crake. [558.] Falaearctic 



region ; casual in Eastern United States. 



578. Ionornis martinica (Linn.). Purple Gallinule. [561.] 



Warmer parts of North and South America, and 

 throughout West Indies ; north, casually, to north- 

 ern border of United States, hut not recorded from 

 Pacific coast. 



*a, No. 86478. Ad. Gainesville, Florida, May, 1882; J. Bell. 



579. Crallinula galeata (Licht.). Florida Gallinule. [560.] 



Temperate North America, Middle America, and 

 West Indies. 

 *«. No. 86474. Ad. Gainesville, Florida, May, 1882; J. Bell. 



