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nn. Color of lower throat and breast more buff 

 than grayish. 



Rallus longirostris cubanus (p. 65) 

 II. Sides of head below and behind eye darker — neutral 

 gray. 



Rallus longirostris waynei, dark phase (p. 55) 

 aa. Size smaller, wing less than 120 mm. in length. 



b. Scapulars and inner secondaries with pale sandy-brown margins. 



Rallus limicola antarcticus (extralimital)^ 

 &&. Scapulars and inner secondaries with castaneous-brown margins. 

 c. Lateral under tail coverts pure white with no black centers or black on 



inner web Rallus limicola aequatorialis (extralimital)" 



oc. Lateral under tail coverts with black centers or black on inner web. 



Rallus limicola limicola (p. 90) 



KALLUS LONGIROSTRIS CREPITANS Gmelin 



NOBTHEBN Clapper Rail 



Adults (sexes alike). — Forehead, crown, occiput, nape, hind neck, 

 scapulars, interscapulars, back, rump, upper wing coverts, and upper 

 tail coverts bufFy olive-brown to light sepia, the feathers of the back and 

 rump, the scapulars, interscapulars, upper tail coverts, and some of the 

 inner, lesser, and median upper wing coverts conspicuously margined 

 with neutral gray to olive-gray, the margins most pronounced on the 

 interscapulars, scapulars, and upper back, the brownish centers of the 

 feathers usually darkest (sepia to clove brown in some) on the long 

 scapulars ; rest of upper wing coverts dark buffy brown to olive-brown, 



■^Rallus antarcticus King, Zool. Journ., iv, 1828, 95 (Straits of Magellan). — 

 Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867, 333 (Chile).— Sclater and Salvin, Norn. 

 Av. Neotr., 1873, 138.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 19.— Ralhis 

 rufopennis Gray, List Grallae in Brit. Mus., 1844, 116. — Ortygometra antarctica 

 Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, 594. — Rallus ullginosus Filippi, Arch. Nat, 1858, 

 S3 (Santiago). — Ai-amus antarcticus Gray, Hand-list Birds, iii, 1871, 59, No. 

 10420.— (?) Rallus peruvianus Taczanowski, Orn. Perou, iii, 1886, 313.— (?) 

 Rallus limicola peruvianus Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 161. — 

 Ralus limicola antarcticus Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 161. 



*' Rallus aequatorialis. — Rallus virginianus (not of Linnaeus) Sclater, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1877, 523, footnote (Lima, Peru) ; Berlepsch and Taczanowski, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884, 313 (Yoyacsi (w. Ecuador), 9,000 ft.) ; Taczanow- 

 ski and Berlepsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1885, 112 (Reobamba, w. Ecuador) ; 

 Taczanowski, Orn. Perou, iii, 1886, 314; Berlepsch and Stolzmann, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1892, 399 (Lima, Peru). — Rallus wquatorialis Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 18, pi. 2, fig. 1 (Bogota, Colombia; San Lucas and Intaj, 

 Ecuador; Lima, Peru; type locality not designated). — [Rallus] wquatorialis 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 94 ; Brabourne and Chubb, Birds South America, i, 1912, 

 22 (Colombia; Ecuador; Peru). — Rallus virginianus (Eg)<aior/flZts Oliapman, Bull. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, Iv, 1926, 174 (Ecuador). — Rallus limicola wquatorialis 

 Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 160. 



