FAMILY KALLID.K. KAILS. 



9', 



FAHILY RALLID/E. 

 Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. 



SUBFAMILY RALLIN/C. 

 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 graj ; 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. 



Porzana novcboracensis. Yellow Rail. 

 See No. 172. 



* For directions for measurement, see page !). 



