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eggs have actually been collected. The nesting season extends from 

 the middle of March to early May (Ingersoll). 



The species is somewhat common in late fall in the marshes around 

 San Francisco Bay and especially near Point Reyes (Brewster); it 

 has been noted there from October (October 12, 1899) to December 

 (December 1, 1892) and may possibly winter there, as one was seen 

 February 29, 1892 (Beck), and one at Redwood City February 2, 

 1897 (Thayer). At their breeding grounds near San Diego they 

 have been recorded from March to June 22 and from November 16 

 to December (Stephens). Other California dates are: Riverside, 

 August 13, 1892 (Miller); Orange, December 12, 1896 (Grinnell); 

 and Ballona Marsh, Los Angeles County, May 16, 1895 (Grinnell). 

 The species has wandered into Washington — Tacoma, November 10, 

 1900 (Bowles); it was probably seen by Bendire at Malheur Lake, 

 Oreg. ; and one was taken August 31, 1905, at San Quintin, Lower 

 California (Nelson and Goldman). Eggs have been taken in the 

 vicinity of San Diego Bay, April 21, 1908 (Thayer); May 4, 1908 

 (Ingersoll); and April 7, 1910 (Thayer). 



Should it be ascertained that this rail winters near San Francisco 

 Bay and does not breed there, the species would be unique among 

 United States birds as wintering north of the breeding grounds. 



[ASH-HEADED RAIL. Creciscus cinereiceps (Lawrence). 



The ash-headed rail occupies most of eastern Costa Rica and the southern half of 

 eastern Nicaragua. Its known range was extended in 1911 by E. A. Goldman, of the 

 Biological Survey, through the capture of a specimen at Lion Hill. Panama. 1 



[WHITE-THROATED RAIL. Creciscus alUgularis (Lawrence). 



Originally described from Panama, the white-throated rail has been recorded south, 

 to Reniedias, Colombia, and north along the Pacific coast to Las Trojas and La Bar- 

 ranca, Costa Rica.] 



L WANDERING RAIL. Creciscus exilis vagans (Ridgway). 



The wandering rail has been obtained on the Segovia River, Honduras, and the 

 Escondido River, Nicaragua. The type species occurs in northern Brazil, Guiana, 

 and Trinidad Island.] 



CORN CRAKE. Crex crex (Linnaeus). 



Range. — Eastern Hemsiphere; casual in Greenland and to the 

 United States. 



The coast of Greenland has received several visits from the corn 

 crake, its range here extending on the west side to Egedesminde in 

 Disco Bay, and south to Julianehaab; and on the eastern coast it has 

 been noted at Angmagsalik and Tasicasak. It was once taken in 

 Bermuda— October 25, 1847 (Reid); Hursley, Md., November 28, 1900 

 (Laurent) ; Salem, N. J., fall of 1854 (Cassin); near Bridgeton, N. J., 

 June, 1856 (Krider); Dennisville, N. J., November 11, 1905 (Stone); 

 Oakdale, N. Y., November 2, 1880 (Dutcher); Green Island, N. Y. ; 



