Bulletin - United States National Museum . Fig. 88.—Clapper Rail. 197. (180.) Rallus elegans And. Fresh-water Marsh-hen; King Rail; King Ortolan. A spring and autumn migrant, remaining but a short time at eachseason. It is chiefly observed early in the autumn, when the marshesare so incessantly ransacked by the gunners, but is never common. [G7GJ 198. (181.) Rallus virginianus Linn. Virginia Rail ; King Ortolan. A spring and autumn migrant; very rarely observed at the formerseason, and not abundant at any time. Found at the same times andin the same places as the Sora. [G77J 199. (182.) Porzan
Bulletin - United States National Museum . Fig. 88.—Clapper Rail. 197. (180.) Rallus elegans And. Fresh-water Marsh-hen; King Rail; King Ortolan. A spring and autumn migrant, remaining but a short time at eachseason. It is chiefly observed early in the autumn, when the marshesare so incessantly ransacked by the gunners, but is never common. [G7GJ 198. (181.) Rallus virginianus Linn. Virginia Rail ; King Ortolan. A spring and autumn migrant; very rarely observed at the formerseason, and not abundant at any time. Found at the same times andin the same places as the Sora. [G77J 199. (182.) Porzana Carolina (Linn.) Vieill. Common Rail ; Sora; spring and autumn migrant. It is not ordinarily noticeable during the former season, but at the latter it is very numerous in the marshes. Fig. 89.—Sora. along the rivers, affording great sport from the latter part of August orthe beginning of September until the first frost. It is commonly calledthe Ortolan, a name having no applicability whatever. A descrip-tion of rail-shooting is given in the introduction, in the article on theAnacostia Eiver Eegion. [679] 200. (183.) Porzana jamaicensis ((?m.) Cass. Little Black Rail. Very rare, perhaps only casual, during the migration. An individualwas seen by ourselves, but unluckily not secured, in September, was taken two or three years ago, and is now in the Smithsonian. [68] 102 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. The Yellow Rail, P. noveboracensis, is necessarily an inhabitant of theDistrict, but during all these years we have never succeeded in estab-lishing- the fact, and are therefore obliged still to omit it. 201. (—•) Gallinula galeata (Licht.) Bp. Florida GalLinvm:. Kot in the original edition. According to our memoranda the Galli-nule was first got here in the autumn
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