22 BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



April 16, and May 6, 1890 (specimens in U. S. National Museum); 

 Mount Pleasant, S. C, April 10, 1903 (Wayne); Frogmore, S. C, 

 June 9, 1886 (Hoxie); Fort Macon, N. C, May 9, 1869 (Coues); and 

 Pea Island, N. C, May 20, 1901 (Bishop). They have been obtained 

 at Amelia Island, Fla., as late as July 25, 1906 (Thayer). 



[BAHAMA CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus crepitans coryi Maynard. 



The Bahama clapper rail is quite common throughout most of the Bahamas, where 

 it is resident.] 



[CARIBBEAN CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus longirostris carioaeus Ridgway. 



The Caribbean clapper rail is confined to the West Indies, occurring on most of the 

 Lesser Antilles, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. 



The form which occurs and is resident on Cuba has been separated under the name 

 Rallus longirostris cubanus Chapman. The type species, longirostris, is confined to 

 South America, ranging from Guiana to Peru.] 



[YUCATAN CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus pallidus Nelson. 



The type and only known specimen of the Yucatan clapper rail was taken April 15, 

 1893, on the Rio Lagartos, Yucatan.] 



VIRGINIA RAIL. Rallus virginianus Linnaeus. 



Range. — North America, from southern Canada to Florida and 

 Guatemala. 



Breeding range. — The Virginia rail is a common breeding bird in 

 suitable localities throughout northern United States and north to 

 Kentville, N. S., (Bishop), Scotch Lake, N. B. (Moore), Quebec City, 

 Canada (Dionne), Ottawa, Ont. (White), Port Sydney, Ont. (Flem- 

 ing), Kelly Brook, Wis. (Schoenebeck), Mille Lacs, Minn. (Trippe), 

 Winnipeg, Man. (Hine), Chemawawin, Keewatin (Nutting), Little 

 Manito Lake, Sask. (Atkinson), Columbia Falls, Mont. (Williams), 

 158-Mile House, B. C. (Brooks), and Goldstream, Vancouver Island, 

 B. C. (Streeter). It has occurred casually north to Newfoundland 

 (Keeks), Hamilton Inlet, Que. (Turner), York Factory, Keewatin 

 (Bell), near Edmonton, Alt a. (Stansell), and Campbell River, at the 

 northern end of Vancouver Island, B. C. (Brooks). 



Southward the breeding range extends to Cape May, N. J. (Stone), 

 State College, Pa. (Harlow), Dubois, Pa. (Van Fleet), Lewiston 

 Reservoir, Ohio (Fisher), Henderson, Ky. (Audubon), Lincoln, Nebr. 

 (Coleman), San Luis Lakes, Colo. (Aiken), Salt Lake, Utah (Ridg- 

 way), and Escondido, Cal. (Sharp). A specimen which may have 

 been breeding was taken May 18, 1886, at Pecks Lake, Ariz. (Mearns). 

 The species once nested in Pamlico Sound, N. C. (Pearson), and 

 strangely enough it was found nesting in 1904 at Lerma, Mexico 

 (Goldman), more than 1,000 miles from the nearest previously known 



