bi) 



might be multiplied; specific references are Lawrence, Auk, 

 ii, 1885, p. 274, Foster, Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc, no. 5, p. 2. 

 It is commonly named '' jMeado\Y Hen " on Long Island. 



111. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. 



, Rather common summer resident. Arrives in iVpril and May; 

 nests the middle of June; common until last of September. 

 One struck Montauk Light Oct. 30, 1900. 



112. Porzana Carolina. Carolina Rail; Sora. 



Rare summer resident. Common transient visitor; Apr. 

 28 (Brooklyn) to Oct. 23 (Brooklyn). Rare in winter (Robt. 

 B. Lawrence, F. and S., xxx, p. 6). Messrs. W. F. and John 

 Hendrickson took a female Sora and a nest and eggs of this 

 species at Long Island City, July 17, 1889. 



113. Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. 



Probably regular summer resident, though but rarely ob- 

 served. Mr. Dutcher has recorded it from Oakdale, Apr. 29, 

 1887 {Auk, V, 1888, p. 177); Mr. Lawrence, from Far Rockaway 

 Oct. 15, 1883 {Auk, ii, 1885, p. 274). Two other Long Island 

 specimens are in the Long Island Historical Society's collection. 



114. Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail. 



Probably rare summer resident. Several specimens are 

 recorded from various points on Long Island by INIr. Grinnell 

 {Forest and Stream, xxiii, p. 24, Aug. 7, 1884). One of these 

 was again recorded by Mr. R. Lawrence {Bidl. N. 0. C, v, 

 1880, p. 117). It has been found nesting in Connecticut, July 

 10, 1876 {Bull. N. 0. C, ii, 1877, p. 22). 



115. Crex crex. Corn Crake. 



Accidental straggler from Europe. A specimen was taken 

 ''on an upland or dry meadow, in company with some Meadow 

 Larks" about Aug. 15, 1885, near Amagansett (Dutcher, 

 Auk, iii, p. 435). Another was "taken at the foot of the uplands. 



