FAMILY KALLIIM-:. KAILS. 



9', 



FAHILY RALLID/E. 



Rails, Qallinules, and Coots. 



SUBFAMILY RALLINXE. 

 Rails. 



Birds which frequent marshy places. Toes, long ; wings, short and 

 rounded ; bill, shorter than middle toe and claw together. 



* Group 1. Wing, less than 3.75 inches long. 





Black Rail. 



Throat, breast, and sides of head, slaty gra> ; primaries, with more or less white spots. 

 Frequents marshes. Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail 



See No. 173. 



Yellow Rail. 



Throat, breast, and sides of the head, tawny brown, no white spots on primaries. 



Pnr::mi(i nuri'lifirnri'iixis. Yellow Rail. 

 See No. 172. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



