Rails 



208. King Rail (Rallus elegans). L. 15- Ads. 



Above olive-brown, black, and olive-gray; wing-cov- 

 erts reddish brown; neck and breast cinnamon; belly 

 and sides blackish, sharply and broadly barred with 

 white. Notes. A loud bup, hup, hup, repeated and end- 

 ing in a roll. 



Range.— Eastern United States: breeds from Florida north to Con- 

 necticut and South Dakota; strays to Maine; winters from Virgin- 

 ia and Lower Mississippi Valley south to Gulf States. 



209. Belding Rail {Rallus beldingi). Similar to 

 No. 208, but paler; flank-bars narrower. 



Range.— Lower California. 



210. California Clapper Rail [Rallus obsoletus). 



L. 17. Above grayish olive-brown streaked with 

 blackish brown; breast cinnamon; flanks dusky brown 

 narrowly banded with white. Margins to back 

 feathers much broader than in forms of crepitans. 



Range.— Salt Marshes of Pacific coast north to Washington. 



2 12. Virginia Rail (T(aUus virginianus). L. 9.5; 

 B. 1.5. Ads. Above blackish and grayish brown; 

 wing-coverts reddish brown; below cinnamon, flanks 

 black and white. Resembling a King Rail in color, but 

 much smaller. Notes. Calls, kep or kik\ song, a 

 grunting sound and cut, cutta-cutta-cutta. (Brewster.) 



Range. - North America; breeds from Pennsylvania, Long Island, 

 northern Illinois, and middle California north to Labrador, Manitoba, 

 and British Columbia; winters from about its southern breeding lim- 

 its south to Cuba and Guatemala. 



2 15. Yellow Rail. {Porzana noveboracensis) . L. 7; 

 B. .5. Ads. Above black and buffy barred with 

 white; breast buffy; sides brownish barred with white. 

 Notes. An abrupt cackling, 'krek, 'krek, 'krek, 'krek, 

 kuk, 'k'k'k. (Nuttall.) 



Range.- Eastern North America north to New Brunswick, Quebec, 

 and Huds n Bay. west to Manitoba and rarely California; probably 

 breeds chiefly north; winters in southern States. 



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