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^■^o" Subgenus CRACISCUS. Caban. 



173 (216) PORZANA JAMAICENSIS. (Gmel.) Black Rail. 



From ^Massachusetts aud Illinois to West iDclies ; apparentlj' nowhere 

 common ; breeds throughout its range. 



Genus CREX. Bechs. 



174 (217) CREX CRDX. (Linn.) Corn Crake. 



European species ; accidental in eastern North America. 



Subfamily QALLINULIN.^. Qallinules. 

 Genus IONORNIS. Keicii. 



175 (218) IONORNIS MARTINICA. (Linn.) Purple Qallinule. 



Gulf States ; casually north to New England and Illinois ; breeds from 

 southern Illinois aud Carolinas southward. 



Genus QALLINULA. Bkiss. 



176 (219) QALLINULA QALEATA. (LiciiT.) Florida Gallinule. 



Warmer parts of America, from Canada to Chili ; breeds from New 

 England southward ; common in Southern States. 



Subfamily FULICIN/E. Coots. 

 Genus FULICA. Linn. 



177 (220) FULICA ATRA. Linn. European Coot. 



European species ; recorded from Greenland. 



178 (221) FULICA AMERICANA. Gmel. American Coot. 



Common in warmer portions of United States ^ but casual from Canada 

 (and even Greenland) to West Indies; abundant in Georgia, 

 Florida, and Gulf .States. 



ORDER LIMICOL^. 



Shore Birds. Marsh Birds. 



FAMILY PHALAROPODID^. Phalaropes. 



Genus CRYMOPHILUS. Vieill. 



179 (222) CRYMOPHILUS FULICARIUS. (Linn.) Red Phalaropes. 



Bre'eds in Arctic regions ; south in winter to Middle States ; accidental 

 on Florida coast ; New England, Illinois. 



Genus PHALAROPUS. Bkiss. 



180 (22.3) PHALAROPUS LOBATUS. (Linn.) Northern Phalarope. 



" Northern portions of Northern Hemisphere; breeding iu Arctic lati- 

 tudes ; south in winter to the tropics." (A. O. U.) -New England, 

 Illinois. 



