102 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Rallus b§ldiiigi Ridgway. Belding's Rail. [209.] 



Rallus beldingi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 345. (Espiritu 

 Santo Island, Lower California.) 



Range. — Coast and islands of southern Lower California. 



Rallus obsol6tus Ridgway. California Clapper Rail. [210.] 



Rallus elegans var. ohsoletus Ridgway, Amer. Nat., VIII, 1874, 111. (San 

 Francisco, California.) 



Range. — Salt marshes of the Pacific coast near San Francisco. 



Rallus I^vipes Bangs. Light-footed Rail. [210.1.] 



Rallus levipes Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, I, 1899, 45. (New- 

 port Landing, Los Angeles Co., California.) 



Range. — Marshes of southern California from Santa Barbara 

 south to San Quintin Bay, Lower CaUfornia; accidental in Arizona. 



Rallus crepitans Gmelin. 

 Range. — Eastern United States. 



a. Rallus crepitans crepitans Gmelin. Clapper Rail. [211.] 



Rallus crepitans Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 713. (New York.) 



Range. — Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast. Breeds from Connecticut 

 to North Carolina; winters mainly south of New Jersey; casual north to 

 Maine. 



b. Rallus crepitans saturitus Ridgway. Louisiana Clapper Rail. [211a.] 

 Rallus longirostris var. saturatus Ridgway, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, V, 



July, 1880, 140. (Louisiana.) 



Range. — Coast of Louisiana. 



c. Rallus crepitans scotti Sennett. Florida Clapper Rail. [2116.] 



Rallus longirostris scotlii Sbnnett, Auk, V, July, 1888, 305. (Tarpon 

 Springs, Florida.) 



Range. — Salt marshes of the Gulf coast of Florida. 



d. Rallus crepitans wa^nei Bbewster. Wayne's Clapper Rail. [211c.] 



Rallus crepitans waynei Brewster, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, I, 1899, 

 50. (St. Mary's, Camden Co., Georgia.) 



Range. — Salt marshes of the south Atlantic coast from North Carolina to 

 Florida. 



