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country. Mr. Allen found it in Utah, about Great Salt Lake, and I in 

 Arizona. 1 bave also taken it, in tbe breeding season, in Montana. 



The eggs of Forzana Carolina are spotted just like those of the fore- 

 going RaUl, but are readily distinguished by their strong drab g-round- 

 color, instead of the white or creamy and pale buffy of the former. They 

 are rather smaller than those of B. virginiaims, and perhaps more ob- 

 tuse, measuring about 1.20 by 0.90. 



P0RZA:N^A S^OVEBOEACENSIS, (Gm.) Cass. 

 little Yellow Kail. 



FuVica noreboraccnsis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 701. 



GaUinula novehoracensis, Lath., Ind. Om. li, 1790, 771 (Arot. Zool. ii, 491 ; G, S. Y, 262). 



Ortygometra novehoracensis, Steph., Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii, 1834. — Bp., List, 1838, 53.— 

 AuD., l^yn. 1839, 213; B. Am. v, 1842, 152, pi. 307.— LlNSL., Am. Journ. Sci. xliv, 

 1843, 268 (Connecticut).- GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 204.— Puts., Pr. Ess. lust, i, 1856, 

 229 (Massachusetts; compare Peab., Eep. Orn. Mass. 375 ; Ernjioss, Cat. 6). 



Ballus noveioraeensis, Bp., Speco. Comp. 1827, 212 ; Syn. 1828, 335 ; Am. Orn. iv, 1832, 

 136, pi. 27, f. 2.— NuTT., Man. ii, 1834, 215.— Sw. & EiCH., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 402 

 (Hudson's Bay).— AuD., Om. Biog. iv, 1838, 251, pi. 329. 



Coturnicops noveloracensis, Bp., Ann. Sc. Nat. i, 1854, 46. 



Forzana norehoracensis, Cass., Baird's B. N. A. 1858, 750.— Wheat., Ohio Agrio. Eep. 



1860, No. 229.— Codes & Peent., Smiths. Eep. 1861, 416.— AixEx, Pr. Ess. Inst, 

 iv, 1864, 87 (Massachusetts, rare). — Codes, ibid, v, 1868, 297. — Dkess., Ibis, 

 1866, 40 (Texas).— Codes, Pr. Best. Soc. xii, 1868, 124 (South Carolina, migra- 

 tory).— Scl. & Salv., p. Z. S. 1868, 457.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. viii, 1866, 295.— 

 Tdexb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 33 (rare).— AxtEN, Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 357 (winter- 

 ing in Florida, common). — Mayx., Guide, 1870, 146 (Massachusetts, migratory, 

 rare, perhaps breeding). — ^Allen, Am. Nat. iii, 1870, 639 (Massachusetts). — 

 Codes, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1871, 35 (North Carolina).— Codes, Key, 1872, 274.— 

 Hatch, Bull. Minn. Acad. Sci. i, 1874, 65 (Minnesota). — Eidgw., Ann. Lyo. 

 N. Y. X, 1874, 387 (Illinois). 



Aramides {Cohmiicops) novehoracensis, Gray', Hand-list, iii, 1871, 61, No. 10448. 

 Perdix Itudsonica, Lath., Ind. Orn. li, 1790, 655. 



Ballus riificollis, "\iEiix., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxviii, 556 ; Enc. Meth. 1070 ; Gal. 

 bis. ii, 168. pi. 266. 



Sah. — Eastern North America. North to Hudson's Bay, but in New England not 

 observed beyond Massachusetts. Apparently nowhere aljundaut. Winters in the 

 Southern States. (No extralimital record). 



The Smithsonian has a set of six eggs of P. novehoracensis, taken May 

 17, at Winnebago, Illinois. They are the only ones I have seen, and 

 differ from all those of P. Carolina in the color of the ground, which is 

 a rich, warm buffy-brown, marked at the great end \Yith a cluster of 

 reddish-chocolate dots and spots. Size 1.15 by 0.85, to 1.05 by 0.80; 

 shape as in the foregoing. 



POEZAJirA JAMAICENSIS, (Gm.) Cass. 

 little Black Kail. 



a. jamaicensis. 



Eallus jamaicensis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 718. -Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 761 (Bkiss., 

 Suppl. 140 ; Edw., pi. 278 ; J3rowne, Jam. 479 ; Gen. Syn. v, 239). — Auu., Orn. 

 Biog. iv, 1838, 359, pi. 349. 



Ortygometra jamaicensis, Steph., Shaw's Gen. Zool. — Bp., List. 1838, 53. — Add., Syn. 

 1839, 214 ; B. Am. v, 1842, l-i7, pi. 308.— GoSSE, B. Jam. 1847, 375.— Bp., Comptes 

 Eendus, xliii, 599.— Saiv., Ibis. 1866, 198 (Duenas, Guat.). 



Creciscns jamaicensis, Cab., J. f. 0. iv, 1856, 428 (Cuba). — Gdndl., Eep. Fis. i, 362 (Cuba) 



Forzana jamaicensis, Ca-ss., Baird's B. X. A. 1838. 749. — Codes & Prext.. Smiths. Eep. 



1861, 416 (Washington, D. C, accidental).— Scl., P. Z. S. 1861, 81 (Jamaica)'; 

 1807, 333, 343 (Lima, Peru).— Scl. it Salv., P. Z. S. 18ti8, Am (.critical).— Schi_, 

 M. P.-B. Ealli. p. 07.— Codes Pr. Bost, Soc. xii, 183?, 124 South Carolina).— 



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