Rails. 



211. Clapper Rail, Marsh Hen {Rallits 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; flanks 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. 



2 Ma. Louisiana Clapper Rail (R. c. saturatus). 

 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. 211, 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. 



2Mc. Wayne Clapper Rail (R. c. waynei). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 211, 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{alhis 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?). 



2 14. Carolina Rail {P or ^ana 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, kuk or peep; song, ker-zvee; and a 

 high, rolling whinny. 



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

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

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

 and northern California south to South America. 



2 16. Little Black Rail (Por?ana jamaicensis) . 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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