NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 25 



Fall migration. 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 records. 



Average 



date of 



the last 



one seen. 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 



Scotch Lake, N. B... . 







Sept 23 1900 



Montreal, Canada 



1"* 



Oct. 23,1897 



Marlow, N. H 







Oct. 1, 1881 





4 

 3 

 3 



Sept. 22 

 Oct. 3 



Sept. 28 



Nov. 9, 1898 

 Oct. 9, 1895 



Hartford, Conn 





Oct. 2, 1895 



Erie, Pa 



Oct. 28,1893 



Montauk, N. Y 







Oct. 30,1900 





4 



Oct. 6 



Oct. 28,1897 

 Nov. 23, 1880 



Circleville, Ohio 



Pelavan , Wis 



2 



4 

 2 



Oct. 15 



Nov. 9 

 Sept. 20 



Oct. 16.1894 





Nov. 17,1903 



Margaret, Man 



Sept. 21.1911 

 Sept. 15, 1880 

 Oct. 5,1891 













Nov. 11,1890 







Nov. 27, 1872 



St. G eorsie, Utah 





Nov. 3, 1909 





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The Virginia rail usually returns to southern Mississippi about 

 September 15, earliest September 3, 1902; Washington, D. C, Sep- 

 tember 4, 1911; Raleigh, N. C, September 8, 1896; and South Caro- 

 lina the last of September. 



[SPOTTED RAIL. Linnopardalus maculatus (Boddaert). 



The eastern coast of South America is included in the range of the spotted rail, from 

 Paraguay and Argentina to Guiana, and to Colombia, with the islands of Trinidad and 

 Tobago. The species reappears in Cuba, but there seems to be a long break in the 

 range from Cuba to Colombia.] 



[LAWRENCE WOOD RAIL. Aramides axillaris Lawrence. 



The Lawrence wood rail is a species of wide distribution, ranging north on the 

 Pacific side of Mexico to Mazatlan (Grayson), and quite common at San Bias, Tepic, 

 June 12, 1897 (Nelson and Goldman); while on the Atlantic slope it was noted at Las 

 Bocas de Silan (Cabot), and Mujeres Island, March 24, 1901 (Nelson and Goldman), 

 both in northern Yucatan. It has also been taken at Acapulco, Guerrero, January 14, 

 1895 (Nelson and Goldman), and Belize (Bocourt). It seems to be very rare between 

 southern Mexico and northern South America, though it has been found at (^irrillo 

 and Lepanto, Costa Rica (Carriker). It occurs on the northern coast of South America 

 from Barranquilla, Colombia, to Venezuela, Trinidad Island, and British Guiana.] 



[CAYENNE WOOD RAIL. Aramides cajanea (Miiller). 



The Cayenne wood rail ranges from eastern and central Brazil to Peru and north to 

 British Guiana and Colombia. It is a common species in Panama and extends along 

 both coasts to northern Costa Rica.] 



[MANGROVE WOOD RAIL. Aramides albiventris Lawrence. 



The Mangrove wood rail has a wide distribution on the eastern side of Mexico north 

 to Alta Mira and is abundant in favorable localities along the coast of Vera Cruz and 

 east to Cozumel Island, Yucatan; Belize; and Omoa and San Pedro, Honduras. It 

 is also common on the Pacific side from the coast of Guatemala west to Huilotepec and 

 Guichicovi, Oaxaca.] 



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