_Breeding schedule._--No information is available on the egg-season in Kansas; turkeys have nested in southern Kansas within recent years, however. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is perhaps 12 eggs. Nests are placed on the surface of the ground, usually well-concealed under woody vegetation. =King Rail=: _Rallus elegans elegans_ Audubon.--This summer resident is locally common in marshlands. Nesting records or adults taken in the breeding season are from Cheyenne, Meade, Pratt, Stafford, Cloud, Riley, Douglas, Anderson, and Allen counties. Dates of arrival in spring are recorded from April 7 to April 28; the median date is April 18. Departure in autumn is possibly as early as September in the north, but four records are in the period October 12 to November 25. The species occasionally can be found in winter (Douglas County, December 28, 1915). _Breeding schedule._--Fourteen records of breeding span the period May 1 to July 20; the modal date for egg-laying is June 5. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is about 10 eggs (9 to 12; 4 records). Nests are placed on the surface of the ground, under grassy or woody cover. =Virginia Rail=: _Rallus limicola limicola_ Vieillot.--This is an uncommon summer resident, presumably throughout the State. The one breeding record is from Morton County (May 24, 1950; Graber and Graber, 1951). Dates of spring arrival are from April 19 to May 18; dates of last observation in autumn are within the period September 1 to October 30. A few birds overwinter in the southern part of the State (Meade County, December and January). _Breeding season._--Eggs are laid probably in May and June. _Number of eggs._--Six to 12 eggs are laid (Davie, 1898). Nests are placed in emergent aquatic plants, near the surface of the water. =Sora=: _Porzana carolina_ (Linnaeus).--This is an uncommon summer resident in marshland. Nesting records or specimens taken in the breeding season come from Finney, Barton, Jefferson, Douglas, and Miami counties. First dates of observation in spring are from April 11 to May 9 (the median is May 1); dates when last observed in autumn are from September 30 to November 9 (the median is October 18). _Breeding schedule._--The one dated record comes from August. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is around 10 eggs (Davie, 1898). Nests are on the ground in grassy or herbaceous cover. =Black Rail=: _Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis_ (Gmelin).--This is an uncommon summer resident in Kansas. Records of breeding and specimens taken in the breeding season come from Finney, Meade, Riley, and Franklin counties. Seasonal occurrence is within the period March 18 to September 26. _Breeding schedule._--Eggs are laid at least in June. _Number of eggs._--Clutch-size is about 8 eggs (6-10; 4). Nests are on the ground under cover of marsh plants.