ORDER PALUDICOL^. 77 



[B SS2, C 466, R 569, C 676.] 



Geog. Dist. — Fresh-water marshes of the eastern United States, 

 north to the Middle States, northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Kansas, 

 casually to Massachusetts, Maine, and Ontario. 



209. Rallus beldingi Ridgw. 



Belding's Rail. 



Rallus beldingi Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V. 1882, 345. 



[B-, C— , R— , C— .] 



Geog. Dist. — Lower California (Espiritu Santo Island and vicin- 

 ity of La Paz). 



210. Rallus obsoletus Ridgw. 



California Clapper Rail. 



Rallus elegans var. obsoletus Ridgw. Am. Nat. VIII. 187 1, m. 

 Rallus obsoletus Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. July, 1880, 139. 



[B— , C 466a, R 570, C 674.] 



Geog. Dist. — Salt marshes of the Pacific coast, from Washington 

 (?) to Lower California. 



211. Rallus crepitans Gmel. 



Clapper Rail. 



Rallus crepitans Gu^h. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 713. 

 [B SS3, C 46s, R 571, C 673.] 



Geog. Dist. — Salt marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the 

 United States, breeding from southern Connecticut southward ; resi- 

 dent from the Potomac southward, occasionally wintering further 

 north. Casual north to Massachusetts. 



211 a. Rallus crepitans saturatus Ridgw. 



Liouisiana Clapper Rail. 



Rallus longirostris saturatus Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. 



July, 1880, 140. 

 Rallus crepitans saturatus Sennett, Auk, VI. April, 1889, 



pp. 164, 166. 



