26 BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



[NICARAGUA WOOD RAIL. Aramides plumbeieoUis Zeledon. 



The range of the Nicaragua wood rail is along the coast of Nicaragua and north to 

 the Segovia River, eastern Honduras, and south in northeastern Costa Rica to the 

 foothills of the Volcano Turrialba.] 



[RED RAIL. Amaurolimnas concolor (Gosse). 



Little is known of the distribution of the red rail. It was originally described from 

 Jamaica and has since been recorded from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guiana, 

 and Brazil.] 



SPOTTED CRAKE. Porzana porzana (Linnaeus). 



Several specimens of the spotted crake have been taken in the fall on 

 the western coast of Greenland at Godthaab, Nanortalik, and Juliane- 



Fig. 11. — Spotted crake {Porzana porzana). 



haab. All were wanderers beyond the normal range of the species, 

 which includes nearly all of Europe north to latitude 65° and east in 

 Asia to Yarkand, Turkestan. The species winters in southern Asia 

 and in Africa. 



SORA. Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus). 



Range. — North America, north to central British Columbia, 

 southern Mackenzie, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence; thence south 

 through the West Indies and Central America to Venezuela and 

 Peru. 



