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Porzsana Carolina. —I tell. 
Common Rail. 
Very abundant in Autumnalong the marshes of 
the Delaware River. Very abundant in Iowa 
and Wisconsin, breeding in great numbers 
around the slough. I have seen them as thick 
as black birds. Eggs eight to fourteen. 
Porsana Fanaieensts. —- Cassin. 
Little Black Rail. 
Very rare. I found this bird breeding at 
Beesley’s Point, New Jersey. Also found it 
near Mount Holly, New Jersey. Eggs eight. 
Porsana Noveboracensts. 
Yellow Rail. 
Found in the wet meadows in Spring, and on 
the marshes in Autumn. Breeds in lowa, where 
I found its nest with eight eggs. 
Crex Pratensis—Bechst. 
Corn-crake. 
I was fortunate enough to obtain a specimen 
of this bird, while shooting wood-cock in June, in 
the meadows above Bordentown, N. J. This 
specimen is now in the Academy of Natural 
Science, of Philadelphia. I also obtained another 
specimen, shot in the meadows below Salem, 
N. J., in the month of August. 
