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Fla.)— Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 135, 1927, 287 (monogr.).— American 



Ornithologists' Union, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, 1931, 96. — 



Howell, Florida Bird Life, 1932, 203 (genl. ; Florida). 

 Rallus scottii Sennett, Auk, vi, 18S9, 165 (crit.), IGG (diaguosis).— American 



Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, vii, 1800, 65 (2d. Suppl. Check-list. 



1890, No. 211.1) ; Check-list, ed. 2, 1895, No. 211.1.— Brewster and Chapman, 



Auk, viii, 1891, 133, 135, 137 (Suwannee River, nw. Florida; crit. ) .—Scott, 



Auk, ix, 1892, 212 (Caloosahatchie River regions). 

 Rallus scotti Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 94. 

 Rallus crepitans scotti American Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 3, 1910, 



102 ; ed. 4, 1931, 96.— Cooke, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 20, fig. 9, map 



(range). — Williams (R. W.), Auk, xxxvi, 1919, 51 (Goose Creek, nw, 



Florida, Nov., abundant). — Fargo, Wils. Bull., xxxviii, 1926, 147 (Pinellas and 



Pasco Counties, Fla.). — Bent and Copelakd, Auk, xliv, 1927, 377 (coast of 



Florida).— Gander, Auk, xlvi, 1929, 106 in text (habits). 

 (?) Rallus crepitans (not of Gmelin?) Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 212 (Caloosahatchie 



River, rare in winter). 

 Rallus longirostris, subsp. Rallus saturatus (not Rallus longirostris saturatiis 



Ridgway) Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 13, part (Tarpon 



Springs, w. Florida). 

 Rallus longirostris saturatus Ameeican Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, 



No. 211a, part. 



RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS INSULARUM W. S. Brooks 



Brooks's Clapper Rail 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to that of Rallus longirostris waynei^ 

 pale phase, but smaller, and with the sides of the neck more grayish, 

 the grayish tone more noticeable than the brownish; the breast less 

 washed with grayish, and the flanks averaging paler (but variable in 

 this respect), usually as in crepitans but sometimes as in waynei; 

 the edges of the feathers of the upperparts in all specimens examined 

 are gray ; whether an olive or brownish-gray phase occurs is not clear ; 

 the dark centers of these feathers vary as in waynei; iris brownish; 

 bill blackish on culmen, light brown below becoming more reddish 

 at base and at gape ; tarsi and toes grayish. 



Juvenal. — Similar to that of Rallus longirostris waynei. 



Natal down. — Not recorded. 



Adult male.—SY'mg 140-148 (144.8) ; tail 51-64 (57.5) ; exposed 

 culmen 59-615 (60.6) tarsus 47-54 (50.4) ; middle toe without claw 

 45-45.5 (45.2 mm.).^« 



Adult fenmle.—W'mg 129.5-136.5 (133.8) ; tail 57-60 (58) ; exposed 

 culmen 53-59 (55) ; tarsus 44-47 (45.1) ; middle toe without claw 

 39-42 (40.5 mm.)." 



Range. — Resident and confined to the Florida Keys wherever man- 

 grove swamps occur (Torch Key; Big Pine Key; Key Largo; Rac- 



"Four specimens from Florida Keys. 

 ''Four specimens from Florida Keys. 



