Rails 



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211. Clapper Rail, Marsh Hen {RjIIhs crepitans), 



L. 14.5; W. 5; B. 2.5. Ads. Above pale olive bor- 

 dered by gray; wing-coverts pale grayish brown; 

 breast pale cinnamon; ilanks barred gray and white. 

 Notes. Gkak, gkak, gkak, at first loud and rapid, 

 ending lower and slower. 



Range. — Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast; breeds from North 

 Carolina to Connecticut; winters from Long Island (rarely) south- 

 ward, north casually to Massachusetts; south casually to Louisiana. 



21 la. Louisiana Clapper Rail (R. e. saturates). 



Similar to No. 211, but above rich brown edged with 

 olive; breast darker cinnamon; bill more slender, 2.3. 



Range. — Coast of Louisiana. 



2Mb. Scott Clapper Rail (T{. C. scotti). Simi- 

 lar to No. 2ii, but much darker; sooty brown or black 

 above edged with olive-brown or olive-gray; breast 

 and neck cinnamon, washed with brownish; flanks 

 brown and white. Darkest bird of group. 



Range. — Gulf coast of Florida. 



2 I I c. Wayne Clapper Rail (/?. c. waynei). . Sim- 

 ilar to No. 2ii, but darker, back rich olive-brown 

 edged with gray; breast more ashy. 



Range.— Atlantic coast, North Carolina to eastern Florida. 



2 11.2. Caribbean Clapper Rail (T^allus longiros- 

 tris caribceus) . L. 14; W. 5.7; B. 2.4. Ads. Above 

 olive-brown edged with olive-ashy, breast cinnamon; 

 flanks brown and white. 



Range—West Indies: coast of southeastern Texas (and north- 

 eastern Mexico?). 



214. Carolina Rail {Porrana Carolina). L. 8.5; B.8. 

 Ads. Region about base of bill black. Yng. Simi- 

 lar, but no black about base of bill; breast more cinna- 

 mon. Notes. Calls, kiik or peep, song, ker-wee; and a 

 high, rolling whinny. 



Range.- North America; breeds from Long Island, Illinois, Kansas, 

 and southern California, north to Newfoundiand, Hudson Bay region, 

 and British Columbia; winters from South Carolina, southern Illinois, 

 and northern California south to South America. 



2 16. Little Black Rail I Por-ana jamaicensts) . L. 5; 

 B.6. Ads. Head, breast, and belly slate; back blackish 

 brown barred with white; nape reddish brown. Notes. 

 Probably, kik-kik-kik, queeah, or kik-ki-ki-ki, ki, queeah, 

 or variants. (Brewster.) 



Range. — "Temperate North America north to Massachusetts, north- 

 ern Illinois, and Oregon: south to West Indies and Guatemala." (A. 

 O. U.) Probably breeds throughout its North American range (Con- 

 necticut, Illinois, Kansas). 



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