. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . south to Ithaca, N. Y. (Reed andWright), Port Clinton, Ohio (Langdon), Mount Carmel, 111, (Ridgway),Reelfoot Lake, Tenn. (Rhoads)^ and Eureka Springs, Ark. (Smith),whence the breeding range extends southwest through Decatur, Tex.(Donald) to Brownsville, Tex. (Merrill). On the Pacific coast thespecies breeds south in Lower California to Purisima (Thayer). Itmay occasionally breed in southern Louisiana, for some twenty birdswere seen June 19, 1914, on the southern side of Lake Ponchartrain(Fisher). Northward the coot breeds
. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . south to Ithaca, N. Y. (Reed andWright), Port Clinton, Ohio (Langdon), Mount Carmel, 111, (Ridgway),Reelfoot Lake, Tenn. (Rhoads)^ and Eureka Springs, Ark. (Smith),whence the breeding range extends southwest through Decatur, Tex.(Donald) to Brownsville, Tex. (Merrill). On the Pacific coast thespecies breeds south in Lower California to Purisima (Thayer). Itmay occasionally breed in southern Louisiana, for some twenty birdswere seen June 19, 1914, on the southern side of Lake Ponchartrain(Fisher). Northward the coot breeds to Quebec City, Canada (Dionne),Ottawa, Ont. (White), Sudbury, Out, (Alberger), Kelley Brook, Wis. 44 BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. (Schoenebeck), Oak Point, Man. (Small), Cheraawawin, Keewatin(Nutting), Prince Albert, Sask. (Ferry), Fort Simpson, Mackenzie(Preble), and Caribou District, B. C. (Brooks). It has been known towander north to New Brunswick (Chamberlain), Nova Scotia (Downs),St. John, Newfoundland (Hawley), Sandwich Bay, Que. (Grenfell),. • BREEDING ^ COOCCURRENCE IN SUMMER■^WINTERING ■(^OCCURRENCE IN WINTER^■RESIDENT Fig. 19.—Coot (Fulica americana). Nain, Que. (Turner), Jacobshavn, Greenland, 1854 (Harting), God-thaab, Greenland, 1854 (Newton), Fort Yukon, Alaska (Nelson), andSitka, Alaska (Hartlaub). Winter range.—The coot migrates south in winter through CentralAmerica to Lagunadel Castillo, Panama (Salvia), and to the northern NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 45 Bahamas, Cuba, and Haiti. It winters in southern United States,north on the Atlantic coast to Cobb Island, Virginia (Rives), in theinterior to Mount Carmel, 111. (Ridgway), San Angelo, Tex. (Lloyd),San Pedro, Ariz. (Scott), Pecks Lake, Ariz. (Mearns), and St. Thomas,Nev. (Bailey); and along the whole Pacific coast from San Jose delCabo, Lower California (Frazar), to Chuliwack and Okanogan, B. C.(Brooks). It has been noted in winter near Cambridge, Mass.(Brewster), Buck
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