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, bup, 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 southto Gulf States. 



209. Belding Rail {Rallus beldingi) 

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



Range.— Lower California. 



Similar to 



2 10. 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. 



212. Virginia Rail (T{allus 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 10 Cuba and Guatemala. 



215. Yellow Rail. (Porrana 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 Hudson Bay, west to Manitoba and rarely California; probably 

 breeds chiefly north; winters In southern States. 



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