. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . Fig. 16.—Corn crake (Crex crex).PURPLE GALLINUL3. Ionornis martinicus (Linnaeus). Range.—Tropical and subtropical America; north regularly tosouthern United States; casually to southern Canada; south throughthe West Indies and Central America to Ecuador and Paraguay. The real home of the purple gallinule is in Middle America, the WestIndies, and South America. In the latter country the species extendssouth to Iguape, Brazil (Ihering); Buenos Aires, Argentina (Dab-bene); and Androas, Ecuador (Sharpe). It is common in the Le
. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . Fig. 16.—Corn crake (Crex crex).PURPLE GALLINUL3. Ionornis martinicus (Linnaeus). Range.—Tropical and subtropical America; north regularly tosouthern United States; casually to southern Canada; south throughthe West Indies and Central America to Ecuador and Paraguay. The real home of the purple gallinule is in Middle America, the WestIndies, and South America. In the latter country the species extendssouth to Iguape, Brazil (Ihering); Buenos Aires, Argentina (Dab-bene); and Androas, Ecuador (Sharpe). It is common in the Lesserand Greater Antilles and throughout Middle America west to SanBias, Tepic (Lamb), to the Rio de Coahuana, Colima (Lawrence), and 38 BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF Fig. 17.—Purple gallinule (Ionornis martinicus). NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 39 to La Barca, Jalisco (Goldman). Throughout this great region itseems to be either resident or so slightly migrant that its movementscan not be traced. To the northward it has occurred a few times in Bermuda—May 30and October 22, 1851 (Hurdis); and in the Bahamas, according toBonhote, has been taken at Cay Lobos, October 19, 1900, Cay Sal,April 24, 1901, and February 9, 1902, and Mangrove Cay, December16, 1901. It is resident in Florida and thence along the Gulf coast toTexas and eastern Mexico. Along the Atlantic coast it nests regu-larly north to Charleston, S. C. (Wayne), but withdraws in winter toFlorida, where it is known at this season north to Tallahassee (Wil-liams). It breeds up the Mississippi River to Natchez, Miss. (Audu-bon), but seems to retire to the Gulf coast for the winter. The purple gallinule is a great wanderer and has been taken in thespring at Rockport, Mass., April 12,
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