NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 

 Fall migration. 



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Scotch Lake, N. B.... 



Montreal, Canada 



Marlow, N. H 



Eastern Massachusetts 



Hartford, Conn 



Renovo, Pa 



Erie, Pa 



Montauk, N. Y 



Ottawa, Ont 



Circleville, Ohio 



Beta van , Wis 



Vieksrmrg, Mich 



Margaret, Man 



White Earth, Minn... 

 Lake Andrew, Minn.. 

 Fort Snelling,Minn... 



Provo, Utah 



St. George, Utah 



Place. 



Num- i Average 

 ber of date of 

 years' the last 

 records, one seen. 



Sept. 22 

 Oct. 3 



Sept. 28 



Oct. 



Oct. 15 

 Nov. 9 

 Sept. 20 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Sept. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



23, 1900 

 23, 1897 

 1,1881 

 9, 189S 

 9, 1895 

 2,1895 



28. 1893 

 30, 1900 

 28, 1897 

 23, 1880 



16. 1894 

 17, 1903 

 21.1911 

 15, 1880 



5, 1891 

 11,1890 

 27,1872 



3, 1909 



The Virginia rail usually returns to southern Mississippi about 

 September 15, earliest September 3, 1902; Washington, D. C, Sep- 

 tember 4, 1911; Raleigh, N. C, September 8, 1896; and South Caro- 

 lina the last of September. 



[SPOTTED RAIL. Linnopardalus maculatus (Boddaert). 



The eastern coast of South America is included in the range of the spotted rail, from 

 Paraguay and Argentina to Guiana, and to Colombia, with the islands of Trinidad and 

 Tobago. The species reappears in Cuba, but there seems to be a long break in the 

 range from Cuba to Colombia.] 



[LAWRENCE WOOD RAIL. Aramides axillaris Lawrence. 



The Lawrence wood rail is a species of wide distribution, ranging north on the 

 Pacific side of Mexico to Mazatlan (Grayson), and quite common at San Bias, Tepic, 

 June 12, 1897 (Nelson and Goldman); while on the Atlantic slope it was noted at Las 

 Bocas de Silan (Cabot), and Mujeres Island, March 24, 1901 (Nelson and Goldman), 

 both in northern Yucatan. It has also been taken at Acapulco, Guerrero, January 14, 

 1895 (Nelson and Goldman), and Belize (Bocourt). It seems to be very rare between 

 southern Mexico and northern South America, though it has been found at Carrillo 

 and Lepanto, Costa Rica (Carriker). It occurs on the northern coast of South America 

 from Barranquilla, Colombia, to Venezuela, Trinidad Island, and British Guiana.] 



[CAYENNE WOOD RAIL. Aramides eajanea (Miiller). 



The Cayenne wood rail ranges from eastern and central Brazil to Peru and north to 

 British Guiana and Colombia. It is a common species in Panama and extends along 

 both coasts to northern Costa Rica.] 



[MANGROVE WOOD RAIL. Aramides albtventris Lawrence. 



The Mangrove wood rail has a wide distribution on the eastern side of Mexico north 

 to Alta Mira and is abundant in favorable localities along the coast of Vera Cruz and 

 east to Cozumel Island, Yucatan; Belize; and Omoa and San Pedro, Honduras. It 

 is also common on the Pacific side from the coast of Guatemala west to Huilotepec and 

 Guichicovi, Oaxaca.] 



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