CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 255 
117 (214) *Sora 
Porzana carolina (Linn.) 
118 (215) Yellow rail 
Porzana noveboracensis (Gmel.) 
119 (216) Black rail! 
Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel.) 
120 [217] Corn crake 
Crex crex (Linn.) 
Doubtless breeds within our limits, as it has been taken on Long Island during the 
breeding season and nests have been found at Saybrook (Ct). 
