NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



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Young out of nest of the king rail were found at Mount Pleasant, 

 S. C, March 22, 1913 (Wayne); eggs ready to be laid, at Greensboro, 

 Ala., March 24, 1884 (Avery); eggs at Frogmore, S. C, March 22, 

 1884 (Hoxie); Raleigh, N. C, May 28, 1890 (Brimley); Washington, 

 D.C., May 30, 1910 (Dickey); Tolchester, Md.,May30, 1891 (Fisher); 

 Tinicum, Pa., June 2, 1907 (Carter); near Philadelphia, Pa., June 3, 

 1902 (MiUer); Buffalo, N. Y., May 30, 1894 (Reinecke) ; Lyme, Conn., 

 June 13, 1884 (Clark); Chicago, 111., May 11, 1902-June 19, 1902 

 (Abbott); Aledo, 111., May 12, 1880 (specimens in U. S. National 

 Museum); Quiver Lake, 111., May 18, 1895 (Silloway); Kewanee, 

 111., May 22, 1893, and once as early as April 29, 1894 (Murchison); 

 Circleville, Ohio, May 14, 1910 (Bales); Fays Lake, Mich., May 30, 

 1894 (Watkins); Iowa City, Iowa, May 29, 1884 (Clute); Manhattan, 

 Kans., May 28, 1883 (Lantz); Lincoln, Nebr., May 30, 1910 (Zimmer); 

 and Shawneetown, 111., young out of nest, June 17, 1909 (Howell). 



Fall migration. 



Place. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 years' 

 records. 



Average 



date of 



the last 



one seen. 



Latest date 

 of the last 

 one seen. 



Bayport,N.Y 



Ithaca, N.Y 



Chicago, 111 



Canton, 111 



Cedar Point, Ohio. 



Keokuk, Iowa 



Delavan, Wis 



Lincoln, Nebr 



Lawrence, Kans... 

 Caddo, Okla 



Sept. 14 

 Sept."26' 



Nov. 2,1886 

 Nov. 29, 1901 

 Sept. 30, 1907 

 Oct. 27,1894 

 Oct. 22,1906 

 Sept. 26, 1899 

 Oct. 22,1894 

 Sept. 22, 1900 

 Nov. 4,1905 

 Nov. 1,1883 



[CUBAN KING RAIL. Rallus elegans ramsdeni Riley. 



The king rails of Cuba have recently been segregated under the name ramsdeni. 

 The species is resident on the island and is fairly common. It is said to nest in June 

 and July (Gundlach).] 



[MEXICAN KING RAIL. Rallus tenuirostris Ridgway. 



The Mexican representative, tenuirostris, of the common king rail (elegans) occurs in 

 central Mexico from the Laguna del Rosario, Tlaxcala (Ferrari-Perez), to the Valley 

 of Mexico (White), and Mazatlan (Lawrence). The species was found fairly common 

 at Lerma during early July, 1904 (Nelson and Goldman), and eggs were taken the first 

 day of that month.] 



BELDING RAIL. Rallus oeldingi Ridgway. 



The Belding rail is a resident species in the Cape region of Lower 

 California from Magdalena Bay southward. Eggs were taken at 

 San Jose Island, Lower California, June 28, 1908 (Thayer). 

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