BIRDS OF BERMUDA. rAser | 
Hab.—Entire United States and British Provinces; breeds commonly 
in New England; winters in Southern States and beyond. South to 
Guatemala; Cuba. (Coues.) 
One was shot by Mr. Hurdis on the 6th November, 1851. He re- 
marks: ‘This is the only genuine Rail met with—a singular circum- 
stance, when we bear in mind that all the Gallinules and Crake-Galli- 
nules known to the continent of North America have been obtained 
in the Bermudas.” No other instance of this bird’s occurrence is on 
record. 
Genus PoRZANA, Vieil. 
131. Porzana carolina, (Linn.) Cab. Sora Rail; Carolina Rail. 
Rallus carolinus, Linn., Gm., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Aud. 
Rallus (Crex) carolinus, Bp., Nutt. 
Gallinula carolina, Lath., Sab. 
Ortygometra carolina, Bp., Aud., Gosse, Gir., Reinh. 
Porzana carolina, Bd., Gundl., Scl., Newton, Dress., Hayd., Scl. & Salv., 
Lawr., Sund., and of all late U.S. writers. 
Aramides (Mustelirallus) carolina, Gray. 
Crex carolina, Hart. 
Rallus stolidus, Vieil. 
Length, about 84; wing, 44; tail, 2. 
Hab.—Entire temperate N. A., winters in Southern States and be- 
yond. Southto Venezuela. Various West IndianIslands. Greenland. 
Accidental in Europe. (Coues.) 
Visits Bermuda regularly, arriving early in September (one has been 
shot on the 24th August) and remaining till November, a few lingering 
on through the winter. On their vernal migration they frequently ap- 
pear in considerable numbers in March and April. I have seen them 
as late as the lst May. An extraordinary large flight visited the isl- 
ands in October, 1849, departing in a body after a three-weeks’ stay. 
These birds are a great nuisance to the gunner in search of snipe and 
other denizens of the marshes, as they bother a dog sadly both by their 
numbers and their skulking habits; and they themselves are not worth. 
powder and shot, except immediately after their arrival. 
132. Porzana noveboracensis, (Gm.) Cass. Little Yellow Rail. 
Fulica noveboracensis, Gm. 
Gallinula noveboracensis, Lath. 
Ortygometra noveboracensis, Steph., Bp., Aud., Gir., Putn. 
Rallus noveboracensis, Bp., Nutt., Sw. & Rich., Aud. 
Coturnicops noveboracensis, Bp. 
Porzana noveboracensis, Cass., Coues & Prent., Allen, Coues, Dress., Scl. & 
Salv., Lawr., Mayn., Ridg. 
Aramides (Coturnicops) noveboracensis, Gray. 
Perdixz hudsonica, Lath. 
Rallus ruficollis, Vieil. 
