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Ralliis crepitans coryi Rn,EY, Auk. xxii, Oct. 1905, 352 ; in Shattuck, Bahama 

 Islands, 1905, 360 (New Providence, Andros, and Eleutliera Islands; habits; 

 crit.). — Todd and Worthington, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 412 (meas., 

 crit. ; colors of soft parts).— Cooke, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 22 

 (range). 



[Rallus longirostris'l subsp. 7 Rallus caribaeus (not Rallus longirostris cari- 

 baeus Ridgway) Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 13, part (in 

 synonymy; Bahamas). 



Rallus longirostris corrius Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxxiv, 1937, 320 

 (monogr., crit; meas.; permanent resident in central and northern Ba- 

 hama Islands, north to Abaco Island and Berry Islands ; west to Andros 

 Island and the Keys nearby ; south to Ragged Island ; east to Watling 

 Island, New Providence Island, and Eleuthera Island). 



RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS CARIBAEUS Ridgway 



Caribbean Clapper Rah. 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to that of Rallus longirostris crepi- 

 tans but generally more rufescent above and below; the top of head 

 and back of neck and the centers of the feathers of the upperparts 

 of the body darker — snuff brown to sepia, the edges of the latter 

 grayish tawny olive ; chin and throat suffused with pale buffy ; lower 

 throat, breast, and upper middle abdomen somewhat more ochraceous- 

 cinnamon; flanks as in the palest specimens of crrepitans. 



Juvenal. — Not recorded. 



Natal down. — Not recorded. 



Adult male. — Wing 148.5-150; tail 60-66.5; fexposed eulmen 

 58.5-62 ; tarsus 53-55 ; middle toe without claw 48-50 mm.®^ 



Adult female. — Wing 142.5; tail 61.5; exposed eulmen 55; tarsus 

 49 ; middle toe without claw 44 mm.^^ 



Range. — Resident in and confined to the mangrove swamps of 

 Jamaica (Great Salt Pond ; near Spanish Town ; Passage Fort ; Crab- 

 pond). 



Type locality. — Near Spanish Town, Jamaica. 



Rallus longirostris (not of Boddaert) Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 364. — 



SCLATEB and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 444, part. 

 R[allus'\ longirostris Newton (A. and E.), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 114. 

 Rallus crepitans (not of Gmelin) Sclatek, Pi'oc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, 81 



(Jamaica). — Albrecht, Journ. fiir Orn., x, 18G2, 206 (Jamaica). 

 "i Rallus elegans (not of Audubon) March, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



1864, 69 (Jamaica). 

 [Rallus longirostris] c. var, caribwus Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 



140, part (meas.). 

 [Rallus longirostris] d. caribwus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Birds 



North Amer., i, 1884, 359, part (synonymy). 



' Two specimens. 

 ' One specimen. 



