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North Carolina ( Weaverville ; New Bern; Fort Macon); south to 

 Florida (south to Cape Sable) ; Louisiana (Diamond; Belle Isle) ; and 

 California (Kiverside County). Also reported casually from Mary- 

 land (Prince Georges County) and New York (Seaford; Ithaca) ; also 

 from Bermuda, Cuba (one doubtful record) ; and from New Bruns- 

 wick. 



Type locality. — New York. 



[FuUca] noveioracensis Gmklin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 2, 1789, 701 (New York ; based 

 on Tellow-'breasted GalUntile Pennant, Arctic Zool., ii, 1785, 491; Latham, 

 Synopsis Birds, iii, pt. i, 1785, 262). 



Fulica novcBboracensis Tueton, Syst. Nat., i, 1802, 42,'?. 



Q-alUnula tiovehoracensis Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 771. 



Ortygometra novehoracensis Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., xii, pt. 1, 1824, 222. — 

 BoNAPAETE, Geogr. and Comp. List, 1838, 53. — Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, 213; 

 Birds Amer., 8vo ed., v, 1842, 152, pi. 307. — Linsuets-, Amer. Journ. Sci. and 

 Arts, xliv, 1848, 268 (Connecticut). — Jaemne, Contr. Orn., 1848, 84 (Bermuda, 

 Oct., 2 specimens). — Hubdis, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1850, 11 (Bermuda, Oct. 

 1847, 2 specimens). — Pratten, Trans. Illinois Agr. Assoc, i, 1855, 607 (Illi- 

 nois). — Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst, i, 1856, 229 (Essex County, Mass.).— 

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



Ort[ygometra'\ novehoracensis Maetens, Journ. fiir Om., vii, 1859, 220 

 (Bermuda). 



Rallus novehoracensis Bonapaete, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, ii, 1827, 335 ; 

 Specchio Comp., 1827, 212 ; Amer. Orn., iv, 1832, 136, pi. 27, fig. 2.— Swainson 

 and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., ii, 1831, 402 (descr. ; Severn River). — 

 Lesson, Traits d'Orn., 1831, 538. — Nttttall, Man. Orn. United States and 

 Canada, Water Birds, 1834, 215.— Audubon, Orn. Biogr., iv, 1838, 251, pi. 

 329; V, 1839, 574.— Pbabodt, Rep. Orn. Massachusetts, 1839, 375.— Wnxis, 

 Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst, for 1858 (1859), 284 (Nova Scotia). 



Coturnicops novehoracensis Bonaparte, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 4, i. No. 2, 1854, 46. — 

 Bebwee, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, 447 (New England). — 

 Pebble, North Amer. Fauna, No. 27, 1908, 314 (delta of Great Slave Lake, 

 July 17 ; Athabasca Lake ; Little Buffalo River, 50 miles s. of Fort Resolu- 

 tion). — ^American Oenithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xxv, 1908, 364; 

 Check-list, ed. 3, 1910, 104; ed. 4, 1931, 98.— Beaislin, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 214 

 (Seaford, Long Island, Sept., Dec. 4, and Jan. 10). — Cost. Field Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. Publ. 131, 1909, 384 (Illinois; Wisconsin).— Wayne, Birds South Caro- 

 lina, 1910, 38 (winter resident, Oct. 26-Mar. 30). — Eaton, Birds New York, i, 

 1910, 250 pi. 26 (numerous records). — ^Willett, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 7, 

 1912, 33 (Newport Bay, Orange County, Calif., Dec. 12, 1896) .-Swales, Auk, 

 xxix, 1912, 100 (Wayne County, Mich., Apr. 22, 1911; also Mar. 25, 1908; 

 mouth of Thames River, Lake St. Clair, Ontario, June). — Bareows, Mich- 

 igan Bird Life, 1912, 159. — Foebush, Game-Birds, Wild-fowl, and Shore- 

 birds, 1912, 213 (habits) .—Fat, Auk, xxix, 1912, 237 (West Roxbury, Mass., 

 Oct. a, 1911; Chatham, Oct. 2, 1911, and Nov. 25, 1911).— Sage, Bishop, and 

 Buss, Birds Connecticut, 1913, 10. — Bunicee, Kansas Univ. Sci. Bull. 7, 1913, 

 143 (Kansas, summer resident). — Hatha wat, Auk, xxx, 1913, 550 (Rhode 

 Island records). — Moreis, Auk, xxx, 1913, 580 (near Springfield, Mass., 

 Aug. 26, 1913).— Cooke, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 31, fig. 13 (geogr. 

 range and migration routes). — Lincoln, Auk, xxxi, 1914, 256 (Barr, Colo., 

 July 1906).— GKtNNEtL (J.), Pacific Coast Avif., No. 11, 1915, 47 (numerous 



