48 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



"thousands " bred, fourteen miles from East Windsor, now prac- 

 tically abandoned (J. H. S.). 



Unusual record. Feb. 9, 10, and 11, 1880, a specimen flushed 

 in the open spaces of water on the Thames River, Norwich, by 

 C. L. R.^ 



Albino. Summer of 1894, Stamford, young bird, creamy 

 white with markings of pale russet and ecru-drab (W. H. Hoyt, 

 in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Order PALUDICOLiE. Cranes, Rails, etc. 



Suborder RalLI. Rails, Gallinules, Coots, etc. 



Family RALLID-iE. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. 



Subfamily Rallin^e. Rails. 



Rallus elegans Audubon. King Rail. 



Rare. 



Linsley found it breeding at Stratford; Merriam^ reports a 

 specimen in the possession of J. N. C, taken at Saybrook, Jan. 

 14, 1876; Sept. 17, 1879, Portland, female killed (in coll. of J. 

 H. S.) ; c. 1882-5, specimens shot at Glastonbury, Wethersfield, 

 and East Haddam (reported by Sperry to L. B. B.) ;- Sept. 23, 

 1892, Middletown(W.E.T.) ; Sept. 1,1895, Little River Marshes, 

 Middletown, male taken (in coll. of.C. H. N.) ; Sept. 5, 1901, 

 Quinnipiac Marshes, North Haven, young male taken (G. V. 

 Smith, in coll. of L. B. B.) ; Sept. 26, 1905, same location, young 

 female (Sperry, in coll. of L. B. B.) ; April 22, 24, 1910, Leete's 

 Island, two females trapped (in coll. of L. C. S.) ; J. N. C. in- 

 formed L. B. B. that he had taken one set of eggs many years 

 ago. 



Rallus crepitans crepitans Gmelin. Qapper Rail. 

 A rather rare summer resident of the salt-water marshes of 

 the western part of the state; occasionally wintering. 



Earliest record. East Haven, May 24, 1879 ( Woolsey) . 

 Latest record. Fairfield, Nov. 13, 1891 (Fames). 

 Winter record. Feb. 9, 1900, Stamford (Hoyt). 

 Nest. A nest of rushes in the marshes. 



1 O. and O., v, lo, p. 78. 

 "Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 115. 



