Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies (1914) (14564199030)

Identifier: distributionmigr128cook (find matches)
Title: Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916
Subjects: Rails (Birds) Birds Migration
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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f Mexico northto Alta Mira and is abundant in favorable localities along the coast of Vera Cruz andeast to Cozumel Island, Yucatan; Belize; and Omoa and San Pedro, Honduras. Itis also common on the Pacific side from the coast of Guatemala west to Huilotepec andGuichicovi, Oaxaca.) 50602°—14 1 26 BULLETIN 128, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. (NICARAGUA WOOD RAIL. Aramides plumbeicoUis Zeledon. The range of the Nicaragua wood rail is along the coast of Nicaragua and north tothe Segovia River, eastern Honduras, and south in northeastern Costa Bica to thefoothills of the Volcano Turrialba.) (RED RAIL. Amaurolimnas concolor (Gosse). Little is known of the distribution of the red rail. It was originally described fromJamaica and has since been recorded from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guiana,and Brazil.) SPOTTED CRAKE. Porzana porzana (Linnaeus). Several specimens of the spotted crake have been taken in the fall onthe western coast of Greenland at Godthaab, Nanortalik, and Juliane-
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Fig. 11.—Spotted crake (Porzana porzana). haab. All were wanderers beyond the normal range of the species,which includes nearly all of Europe north to latitude 65° and east inAsia to Yarkand, Turkestan. The species winters in southern Asiaand in Africa. SORA. Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus). Range.—North America, north to central British Columbia,southern Mackenzie, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence; thence souththrough the West Indies and Central America to Venezuela andPeru. NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 27 Breeding range.—The sora, or, as it is often called, the Carolina rail,breeds throughout northern United States and north to Grand MananIsland, N. B. (Osgood), Prince Edward Island (Bagster), Godbout,Que. (Comeau), Moose Factory, Ont. (Spreadborough), Fort Churchill.,Keewatin (Clarke), Fort Rae, Mackenzie (Baird, Brewer, and Ridg-way), Fort Simpson, Mackenzie (Preble), Cariboo District, B. C.(Brooks), and Victoria, B. C. (Rhoads). The species has also beennoted as a wander