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saturatiis, but compared with the normal (gray) phase of the present 

 race they are more blackish, o^\-ing to the darker, more extensive 

 centers of the feathers, with the bend of the wing more rufescent and 

 the upper parts more rufous or ochraceous, the lower parts more deeply 

 and brightly cinnamomeous; in fact, superficially the whole bird in 

 brown phase looks very much like Ralliis elegans. What might be 

 considered the normal phase of this subspecies is moderately" cinna- 

 momeous below and gra.y above. 



Specimens from the following localities have been seen: 

 Isle of Pines, West Indies: Los Indios (September 27 and 30, 

 1912, October 3, 9, and 29, 1912) ; Majagua River (November 7, 1912,^^ 

 October 26, 1912);Nueva Gerona (March 12, 13,14, 16, and 19, 1917). 



RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS CARIBAEUS Ridgway 



Caribbean Clapper Rail 



[Rallus longirostris] c. var. caribaeus Ridgway, Bull. Xuttall Orn. Club., vol. 5, 

 no. 3, p. 140, July 1S80 ("West Indies"). 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Rallus longirostris cubanus but 

 lighter and more uniform both above and below, the centers of the 

 feathers on the back and other posterior upper parts much less blacldsh, 

 less sharply contrasted with edgings; white bars on flanks broader. 



Measurements. — Adult male^-: Wing, 148.5-150 (average, 149.2) 

 mm; tail, 60-66.5 (63.2); exposed culmen, 58.5-62 (60.2); tarsus, 

 53-55 (54); middle toe without claw, 48-50 (49). Adult female ^3: 

 Wing, 142.5; tail, 61.5; exposed culmen, 55; tarsus, 49; middle toe 

 without claw, 44. 



Type locality. — Spanish Town, Jamaica, West Indies. 



Geographic distribution. — Permanent resident in Jamaica. 



Remarks. — The present race differs from Rallus longirostris mangle- 

 cola in shorter bill; in having the ground color of the upper parts, 

 including the wings, of a lighter, more rufescent brown, the edgings 

 also m^ore brownish (less grayish); cheeks and sides of neck more 

 rufescent (less grayish); and the anterior lower parts lighter, duller, 

 less pinldsh (more ochraceous) cinnamon. 



It differs from Rallus longirostris longirostris in longer wing, darker 

 upper parts, and somewhat narrower vvhite bars on the flanks; from 

 Rallus longirostris corrius in somewhat larger size, much darker upper 

 and lower surfaces, and somewhat narrower white bars on the flanks; 

 from Rallus longirostris limnetis in shorter bill, more rufescent (less 

 grayish) upper surface, this including both the centers and margins 

 of the feathers; duller, more ochraceous jugulum and breast, and more 

 rufescent sides and flanks. From Rallus longirostris leucophaeus of 

 the Isle of Pines it may be readily separated by its shorter bill, lighter, 



»i Type. 



« Two specimens, from Jamaica. 



" One specimen, from Jamaica. 



