342 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Suborder RALLI. Rails, Qallinules, Coots, etc. 



FAMILY ARAMID/E. Courlans. 



A. o. u. Genus ARAMUS. Vieill. 



NO. 



164 (207) ARAMUS QIQANTEUS. (Bonap.) Limpkin. 



Tropical species ; resident and breeds in Florida. 



FAMILY RALLID/E. Rails, Qallinules, and Coots. 



Subfamily RALLIN^E. Rails. 



Genus RALLUS. Linn. 



165 (208) RALLUS ELEQANS. Aud. King Rail. 



Fresh-water marshes of eastern United States; casual north of North 

 Carolina, New England, and Illinois ; recorded as far north as 

 Ontario. 



166 (211) RALLUS CREPITANS. Gmel. Clapper Rail. 



Salt-water marshes ; New England to Gulf States. 



167 (211ft) Rallus crepitans satm-atus. (Ridgw.) Louisiana Clapper Rail. 



A dark race of E. crepitans, which occurs iu the salt-water marshes of 

 Louisiana. 

 167a ( — ) Rallus crepitans ivaynei. Beewstek. Wayne's Clapper Rail. 



This race is described as differing from true crepitans in being darker, 

 " the underparts with more ashy, the under tail coverts with fewer 

 markings." (Brewster Auk, p. 50, 1899.) Habitat, coast of 

 Georgia to middle Florida (head of Indian River) . 



168 (2\\h) RALLUS SCOTTII. (Senn.) Scott's Rail- Florida Clapper RaiL 



Florida. 



169 (212) RALLUS VIRQINIANUS. Linn. Virginia Rail. 



North America, Canada to Cuba ; often occurring in large numbers on 

 New England marshes during migrations. 



Genus PORZANA. Vieill. 



170 (21.3) PORZANA PORZANA. (Linn.) Spotted Crake. 



European species; recorded from Greenland. 



171 (214) PORZANA CAROLINA. (Linn.) Sora. Carolina Rail. 



North America ; common on Atlantic coast, Florida, and Gulf States ; 

 West Indies and South America in winter. 



Subgenus COTURNICOPOS. Konap. 



172 (2iri) PORZANA NOVEBORACENSIS. (Gmel.) Yellow Rail. 



Hudson Bay to Florida and Cuba ; apparently not common anywhere. 



