AVES. 61 



PALUDICOL.IE. RALLI. 



RALLIDAE. 



117. Rallus elegans Audubon. 



King rail; Fresh-marsli hen; Royal rail. 



Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1835, vol. 3, p. 27, pi. 203. "South- 

 ern States." Coues, Key Xo. Amer. birds, ed. 5, 1903, vol. 2, 

 p. 854. 



Freshwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Occasional fall visitor. Sept. 19-Dec. 17. 

 Mass. — Occasional visitor at all seasons; may breed. 

 R. I. — Rare visitor (four records). Jan., Feb., Mar., fall. 

 Conn. — Rare summer resident (Saybrook, Stratford) and 

 occasional at other seasons. 



118. Rallus crepitans Gmelin. 



Clapper rail; Salt-marsh hen. 



Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 713. "in Noveboraco." 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 165, pi. 310. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 20, figs. 1, 2. 



Saltwater marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Accidental visitor in southern counties: Popham Beach, 

 Oct. 12 and (25), 1900; Sabattus Pond, 1874; ? York and Cum- 

 berland Cos. 



N. H. — Accidental visitor: Portsmouth. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor: Burlington (Conger). 



Mass. — Occasional visitor, may breed. 



R. I. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Conn. — Rare visitor and summer resident (New Haven 

 Stratford). 



119. Rallus virginianus Linne. 



Virginia rail; Water-hen. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 263. "in America 



