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Eggs. 8-14; in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. June 17, 1893, eight eggs 

 (Schaler). Latest record. June 25, 1891, twelve eggs (Lucas). 



Recent records. Stamford, 1874, fourteen eggs, Sept., 1893, 

 four taken, Feb. 9, 1900, male taken (Hoyt), June 17, 1893, 

 female and eight eggs (Schaler), Sept. 27, 1893, female taken 

 (Porter) ; Fairfield, Nov. 13, 1891, female taken (Eames) ; Strat- 

 ford, June 25, 1891, twelve eggs taken (W. H. Lucas),^ Sept., 

 1893, one taken (in coll. of L. C. S.) ; Milford, Dec. 20, 1892 [?] 

 (A. H. v.). May 26, 1900, male taken (Beers) ; West Haven, 

 May 30, 1904, female taken (L. B. B.) ; New Haven, 1882, twelve 

 eggs (E. H. Barbour), Sept. 11, 1886, female taken (C. H. 

 Webb) ; East Haven, May 24, 1879, male taken (Woolsey) ; 

 Guilford, Sept. 10, 1884, female taken (L. B. B.) ; Saybrook, 

 one record (J. N. C). 



Rallus virginianus Linnaeus. Virginia Rail. 



A rather rare summer resident from May to October, and a 

 tolerably common fall migrant. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 19, 1904, April 20, 1906 

 (E. S. W.) ; Portland, April 22, 1910. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 29, 1904; Portland, Oct. 20, 

 1890. 



Nest. In rushes in fresh-water marsh. 



Eggs. 7-10; early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 18, 1910, eleven eggs 

 (C. G. H.). Latest record. July 3, 1892, ten eggs (J. H. S.). 



Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus). Sora. 



An abundant fall migrant in September and October, fre- 

 quenting the wild rice and cat-tail rushes in the tidal marshes, as 

 well as the marshes along the inland waterways.. Rare in the 

 spring. 



Fall migration. Average, Sept. i — Oct. 25. Earliest record. 

 New Haven, Aug. 23, 1902; Portland, Aug. 17, 1897. Latest 

 record. New Haven, Nov. i, 1895; Portland, Nov. 5, 1894. 



Spring records. May 28, 1898, New Haven, a female taken 

 (Andrews, in coll. of L. B. B.) ; June 3, 1905, Litchfield (E. S. 



1 Recorded in Averill's Birds of Bridgeport as Gallinula galeata. 

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