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Breeding range. — The sora, or, as it is often called, the Carolina rail, 

 breeds throughout northern United States and north to Grand Manan 

 Island, N. B. (Osgood), Prince Edward Island (Bagster), Godbout, 

 Que. (Comeau), Moose Factory, Ont. (Spreadborough), Fort Churchill, 

 Keewatin (Clarke), Fort Rae, Mackenzie (Baird, Brewer, and Ridg- 

 way), Fort Simpson, Mackenzie (Preble), Cariboo District, B. C. 

 (Brooks), and Victoria, B. C. (Rhoads). The species has also been 

 noted as a wanderer north to Nova Scotia (Willis), Newfoundland 

 (Reeks), Harrington, Que., July, 1907 (Townsend), Sandwich Bay, 



Fig. 12. — Sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). 



Que., 1898 (Townsend and Allen), Massett, B. C. (Keen), and Sukker- 

 toppen, Greenland, October 3, 1823 (Reinhardt); several other 

 specimens are reported from the west coast of Greenland, the most 

 northern of which is from Umanak, latitude 70° (Schalow). 



The breeding range extends south to Philadelphia, Pa. (Audubon), 

 Warren, Ohio (Dana), Lewiston Reservoir, Ohio (Fisher), Philo, 111. 

 (Hess), Independence, Mo. (Widmann), Osawatomie, Kans. (Colvin), 

 near Breckenridge, Colo. (Carter), Utah Lake, Utah (Johnson), 

 Pyramid Lake, Nev. (Ridgway), and Escondido, Cal. (Hatch). 



