ORDER PALUDICOL^. 79 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the Old World ; occasional in 

 Greenland. 



214. Porzana Carolina (Linn.). 



Sora. 



Rallus carolinus Linn. S. N. ed. lo, I. 1758, 153. 

 Porzana Carolina Baird, Lit. Rec. & Jour. Linn. Assoc. Penn. 

 Coll. Oct. 1845, 255- 



[B 555, C 648, R 574, C 679.J 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, breeding chiefly north- 

 ward, but less commonly on the Pacific coast. Casually north to 

 South Greenland. South to the West Indies and northern South 

 America. 



Subgenus COTURNICOPS Bonaparte. 



Coturnicops Bonap. Compt. Rend. XLIIL 1856, 599. Type, 

 Fulica noveboracensis Gmel. 



215. Porzana noveboracensis (Gmel.). 



Yellow Kail. 



Fulica noveboracensis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 701. 

 Porzana noveboracensis Baird, Lit. Rec. & Jour. Linn. Assoc. 

 Penn. Coll. Oct. 1845, 255. 



[B 557, C 469, R S7S> C 680.J 



Geog. Dist. — Chiefly eastern North America, north to Nova Scotia, 

 Hudson Bay, etc., less commonly west to Nevada and California. 

 No extralimital records except for Cuba and Bermuda. 



Subgenus CEBCISCUS Cabanis. 

 Creciscus Cab. J. f. O. 1856, 428. Type, Rallus jamaicensis Linn. 



216. Porzana jamaicensis (Gmel.). 



Black Rail. 



Rallus jamaicensis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 718. 

 Porzana jamaicensis Baird, Lit. Rec. & Jour. Linn. Assoc. Penn. 

 Coll. Oct. 1845, 257. 



