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range in width from 1.8 to 3.5 mm, averaging about 2.5 mm. There- 

 are at least five well-defmed color phases — Ught brown, dark brown, 

 light gray, dark gray, and gray-breasted." 



The following specimens have been examined by the writer: 



Alabama: Dauphin Island (May 19, 1911, August 16 and 17, 1911);. 

 Perdido Bay (September 2 and 15, 1911); Grande Battm-e Island 

 (May 23, 1911; September 5, 1911, July 21, 1911); Bayou Labatre 

 (May 22, 1911, August 5 and 11, 1911); Petit Bois Island (August 30, 

 1911, Junes, 1914). 



Florida: Seven Oaks (March 9, 1910). 



Louisiana: Octave Pass, Mississippi River Delta (January 31, 

 1911, February 2, 3, and 4, 1911); IMain Pass, Mississippi River 

 Delta (January 31, 1910); Timbaher Island (Alay 25, 1895); Petite 

 Anse Island (May 2, 1894); Raccoon Pass (May 19, 1895, May 20^ 

 1897); Isle Derniere (May 21, 1894). 



Mississippi: Biloxi (May 26, 1911); Bay St. Louis (September 23, 

 1898, April 19, 1902); Horn Island (July 3, 1913). 



Texas: Padre Island (May 10 and 28, 1915; September 2, 5, and 6, 

 1914); Houston (June 14, 1922); Rockport (August 8, 1893; October 2, 

 1893); Corpus Christi; Peat Island, Laguna Madre (April 15, 1889); 

 Galveston (February 28, 1877); Sabine (August 30, 1902); Tarpon 

 (July 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, 1910; October 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 

 16, and 17, 1910); Brownsville (July 19, 1891 [nestlingl). 



RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS SCOTTH Sennett 



Florida Clapper Rail 



Rallus longirostris scottii Sennett, The Auk, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 305, July 1888 

 ("Tarpon Springs, Florida")- 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Rallus longirostris saturatus, but 

 wing and tail somewhat shorter; upper parts much more deeply 

 colored, the dark centers of the feathers more blackish, less olive 

 brownish; breast and flanks darker, the white bars on the latter 

 narrower; lower parts much more extensively grayish. 



Measurements. — Adult male ^^: Wing, 135-155 (average, 146) mm; 

 tail, 56.5-72 (63.3); exposed culmen, 56-66 (61.6); tarsus, 42-55.5 

 (49.8); middle toe ^^dthout claw, 39.5-49 (45.5). Adult female so- 

 wing, 128.5-145 (137); tail, 54.5-63.5 (59.2); exposed culmen, 

 51.5-60 (55.9); tarsus, 42-51 (45.6); middle toe without claw, 37-45 

 (41.9). 



Type locality. — Tarpon Springs, Fla, 



«" For detailed description of the differences between these color phases, see the introductory paragraphs, 

 aniea, pp. 318-319. 

 «* Twenty-three specimens, from Florida. 

 " Eighteen specimens, from Florida and Alabama. 



