1 8 Birds of Massachusetts 



10. Rallus virginianus Linn. Virginia Rail. 



A common local summer resident, wintering, on Cape Cod and 

 once at Worcester. 



April 1 8 to October 15 (November 27) ; Winter. 



Amherst : Nests about Adam's Pond. Berkshire : " Rare summei> 

 resident." Bristol County : " Uncommon summer resident." Brookline: 

 "Formerly a summer resident." Cambridge: Common summer resi- 

 dent. Dedham: "Common." Essex County: " Summer visitant. Rather 

 rare." Nantucket :" Not unusual." Springfield: "Abundant summer 

 resident." Wellesley: " Common summer resident." 



11. Porzana Carolina (Linn.). Carolina Rail. 

 A common local summer resident. 



April 14 to November i (December 20). 



Amherst : " Occasional summer resident." Berkshire : " Rare summer 

 resident." Bristol County : " Uncommon summer resident." Brookline: 

 "An uncommon migrant." Cambridge: Verv common summer resident. 

 Dedham: "Common." Essex County: " Summer visitant. Rather rare." 

 Ipswich: Two instances. Nantucket: "Common." Springfield: "Com- 

 mon summer resident," often "abundant during autumn." Templeton : 

 "Abundant summer resident." Wellesley: " Common summer resident." 



12. Porzana noveboracensis (GmeL). Yellow Rail. 

 A rare spring and autumn migrant. 



April to May ; September 2 to October 16. 



Amherst: One instance; Northampton. Cambridge: Rare transient 

 visitant. Dedham: "Rare." Springfield: "Rare visitor." Several in- 

 stances. Templeton: Mentioned. Wellesley: " Rare transient visitant." 



13. Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel.). Black Rail. 



An extremely rare summer resident. The records are : Ply- 

 mouth Harbour, Clark's Island, one picked up dead in August, 

 1869 ;■' Boston, ont.io\i^\&.va. the streets, September 20, 1874;^ 

 C^fflMawz, a pair with young in July, 1884, and a nest with eggs, 

 in May, 1885 ; ° Hazardville, bred " a number of years ago" 

 according to J. H. Batty.* 



1 Purdie; Bull. Nutt. Cm.' Club, Vol. II, No. i, Jan., 1877, p. 22. 

 ^ Curtis ; Forest and Stream, Vol. VIII, Apr. 5, 1877, p. 129. 

 ' Allen ; Revised Birds of Mass., 1886; p. 236. 

 * Morris; Birds of Springfield, 1901, p. 13. 



