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Family RALLIDJE. Kails a\i> Coots. 



Rallus. i Linnaeus, i 



Virginia Rail {/'alius virginianus, Linn). 

 Tolerably common on Island and Mainland; breeds close to Vic- 

 toria. Taken at Chilli whack and Okanagan. 



Porzana. (Vieillot.) 



Carolina Rail (Poranza Carolina, Linn). 

 Found on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Rare on Queen 

 Charlotte Islands. Common east of Cascades. 



Fulica. (Linnaeus.) 



American Coot, Mud-hen (Fulica americana, Gmel). 



Not only is the Coot extensively and very generally dispersed 

 over North America, but, unlike most water birds, its breeding range 

 is almost equally wide. There is a regular migration in the spring 

 and fall, when, in company with other water-fowls, most of the Coots 

 are on their way to or from the rather northerly regions where they 

 especially breed, only a feAV lingering in suitable places along the 

 route to nest. Some birds leave the Province in the fall to winter in 

 the south, penetrating into Mexico, the West Indies and Central 

 America. The nest is said to be sometimes a floating one, moored 

 to the stems of reeds, rising and falling with the tide. It is a com- 

 mon resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland. Breeds through- 

 out its range. 



Order LIMICOLAE. Shore Birds. 



Family PHALAROPODID.F]. Phalaropes. 

 Crymophilus. (Viellot.) 

 Red Phalarope {Crymophilus fulicarius, Linn). 

 Taken at Clover Point, Victoria. 



Phalaropus. (Brisson.) 



Northern Phalarope (Phalaropus looatus, Linn). 



Abundant along the coast of Island and Mainland in the spring 

 and autumn. Taken at Chilliwhack, Okanagan and Burrard Inlet. 



