fo~r c - 
f Harting, in his most useful 1 Handbook of British 
Birds,’ says of the Rallidte: “Audubon gives two instances of this species 
[;. e . , the Carolina Crake ( Crex Carolina )] having been met with at sea, 
and as a proof that the short-winged Rallidat are not incapable of sustained 
flight, it may be noted that during the voyage of the steamship Nova 
Scotia, from Liverpool to Quebec, in October, 1865, when in lat. 26° 28' N. 
(?) ; long. 23 0 24' W., more than 500 miles from the Irish coast, a Virgin- 
^iag_RaiI ( Rallus virg(nlanus), came on deck and was captured. Both 
this and the last-named species visit the Bermudas annually, although 
this group of islands is distant from Cape Ilatteras, the nearest point °of : 
the North American coast, about 600 miles. The well-known Corn Crake 
(Crex fratensis), too, is a summer visitant to Greenland, and has been 
met ^j th on several occasions on the ea stern coast of the United States.” / 
Rummer Birds of Bras D'Or Region 
Cap® Breton Id,, N.S. J. Dwight, Jr. 
4. Rallus, Virginia?/ us f 
Auk, 4, Jan., 1887, p.10 
Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 
By James H. Fleming. 
Pt . I , Water Birds. 
Auk, XXIII, Oct., 1906, p.447. 
70 . Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. — Summer resident; arrives 
late in April and is common in May; young birds from July 7 to August 27 . 
A few remain till October. Breeds (July 6, 1891 ). 
