RECORDS VOLUME XII, oct, 1920. 139 
8. Starling, 65, | 
9. Fiicker, 1. 
10. Black Duck. 1. 
NOTES ON THE RAILS, GALLIULES, 
ETC. OF THE BAHAMAS. 
By C. J. MAYNarpD. 
[The following are personal notes which | 
have made upon birds of this group during 
my explorations in the Bahamas. 
CORY RAIL, Rallus coryi Mayn. 
On April 9, 1894, as I was walking over 
a small key a little south of Andros Island, 
my dog starteda Rail out of a patch of grass. 
I promptly shot.the bird, and thus secured 
the first specimen of the above given species 
known to science. It proved to be a male, 
and was evidently about to breed as the or- 
gans were much enlarged. This type isin 
the Cory Collection of the Field Museum. — 
Rose Island, May 29. 1897. Saw a spec- 
imen on the margin of the scrub on high 
land. 
