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Surv., ix, 1858, 751 (eastern coast of United States; Greenland); ed. 

 1860 (Birds North Amer.), pl. 39, fig. 2.— Baied, Cat. North Amer. Birds, 

 1859, No. 558; Ibis, 1867, 282 (Greenland).— Maktens, Journ. fur Orn., 1859, 

 219 (Bermuda).— Bland, Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst, for 1858 (1859), 287 

 (Bermuda).— PowYS, Ibis, 1860, 349 (Corfu).— Hintz, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 

 225 (migrations, etc.). — Gouu), Birds Great Britain, iv, 1863, pl. 87 and 

 text.— NoEDMANN, Joum. fur Orn., 1864, 372 (Lapland).— Teisteam, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 452 (Palestine).— Godman, Ibis, 1866, 102 

 (Azores).— Degland and Gebbe, Orn. Eur., ii, 1867, 253. — Smith, Ibis, 1868, 

 455 (Portugal). — Sciatke and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 457 

 (monogr.).— Beown, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xii, 1869, 208 (Madei- 

 ra).— TuENBUii, Birds Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1869, 

 56 (Phila. ed., p. 45).— Euei'ee and Buckley, Ibis, 1870, 333 (Turkey).— 

 Saundebs, Ibis, 1871, 224 (s. Spain) ; ed. Yarrell's Brit. Birds, iii, 1883, 

 157— Haeting, Man. Brit. Birds, 1872, 57.— Beooke, Ibis, 1873, 386 (Sar- 

 dinia). — Hancock, Birds Northumberland and Durham, 1874, 125. — ^Dubn- 

 roBD, Ibis, 1874, 397 (North Frisian Island).— Coues, Check-list, 1874, No. 

 471; ed. 2, 1882, No. 683.— Aybes, Ibis, 1877, 351 (Transvaal).— Dbessee, 

 Birds Europe, vii, 1871-81, 291, pl. 499.— Seebohm, Ibis, 1880, 193 (Krasno- 

 yarek and n. to lat. 59°30', Yenisei Valley, Siberia) ; 1882, 226 (Astrakhan, 

 breeding near Sarepta), 382 (Archangel, n. Russia). — Ridgvcat, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 202 (Cat. North Amer. Birds, No. 577) ; Nom. North 

 Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 577.— Scully, Ibis, 1881, 591 (Gilgit, India; crit.).— 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1882, 366 (Palatswie Pan, se. Africa). — Paek, Forest and 

 Stream, xxii, 1884, 44 (New York).— Jones, Forest and Stream, xxii, 1884, 

 203 (Newfoundland; Bermuda).- Reid, U. S. Nat. Mus. BuU. 25, 1884, 

 248 (Bermuda, 1 specimen, Oct. 25, 1847). — Baibd, Bbewee, and Ridgway, 

 Water Birds North Amer., i, 1884, 381.— Dixon, Ibis, 1885, 84, 361 (St. 

 Kilda).— Haetwig, Journ. fur Orn., 1893, 11 (Madeira).— Blagg, Ibis, 1893, 

 355 (Shetland Islands). — Popham, Ibis, 1897, 101 (Yeniseisk, Siberia) ; 

 1898, 512 (Yatsova, Yenisei River, Siberia). — Sclatee, Bull. Brit. Orn. 

 Club, xvl, 1905, 7 (Transvaal, Dec..)^ — Zeegenyt, Aquila, xxx-xxxl, 1924, 

 317 in text (Alibunar Swamp, Hungary). — Schenk, Aquila, xxxvi-xxxvii, 

 1931, 182 (banding, Hungary, 1928-30). — Kleinee, Aquila, xxxvi-xxxvii, 

 1931, 117 in text (food).— Ticehubst, Birds in Suffolk, 1932, 460 (Suffolk, 

 England). 



Cr[ex'] pratensis Keysbbling and Blashjs, Wirb. Eur., 1840, Ixvli, 204. 



[CrexJ pratensis Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872, 274. 



C[rex'\ pratensis Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 675. 



Crex herharum Bbbhm, Vog. Deutschl., 1831, 694 (migrant, central Germany). 



Crex alticeps Beehm, Vog. Deutschl., 1831, 694 (spring in central Germany). 



Rallus featherstonii Bullee, Essay Orn. New Zealand, 1865, 18 (New Zealand). 



Crex pratensis similis Zabudny, Bull. Mus. Transcasplen, i, 1918, 15, sep. pag. 

 (Turkestan). 



Genus PORZANA Vieillot 



Pornana Viehiot, Analyse, 1816, 61. (Type, bymonotypy, "Marouette Buff [on] "= 

 Rallus poreana Linnaeus.) 



Por^anoidea Mathews, Austr. Av. Rec, i, 1912, 117. (Type, by original designa- 

 tion, OalUnula immaculata Swainson.) 



Schoenocrex Robehts, Ann. Transvaal Mus., viii, 1922, 197. (Type, by original 

 designation, Pormna pwsilla (Pallas) =i2a!iMS pusillus Pallas.) 



