REVISION OF THE CLAPPER RAILS — OBERHOLSER 349 



malar stripe pale ochraceous buff; center of jugulum and whole of 

 breast, between pinkish buff and pinkish cinnamon, the middle of 

 breast paler; abdomen dull buffy white; sides of body and flanks 

 rather dark brownish gray, broadly barred with white; lower tail- 

 coverts white, widely barred with dark brownish gray; lining of wing 

 rather dark hair brown, outwardly washed with rusty, and narrowly 

 barred with white; thighs anteriorly dull white, posteriorly mouse 

 gray. 



Measurements.— Adult male'^^: Wing, 140-151.5 (average, 146) mm; 

 tail, 51-64 (58.6); exposed culmen, 59-62.5 (61.2); tarsus, 47-54 

 (50.8); middle toe M-ithout claw, 45-49 (46.1). Adult female^^: 

 Wing, 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). 



Type locality. — Big Pine Key, Fla. 



Geographic distribution. — Permanent resident on the keys of 

 southern Florida; northeast to Ke}^ Largo, southwest to Raccoon 

 Key and Key West. 



Remarks. — This very interesting and remarkably distinct race of 

 the clapper rail seems to be confined to the Florida Keys. The 

 jugulum is usually more or less gray, but sometimes the median por- 

 tion is clear cinnamomeous. There are, as in most of the clapper rails, 

 two color phases, involving, however, only the lower parts — one a 

 dark phase, which is brownish gray anteriorly, the other a light 

 phase, which is clear gray anteriorly or even without gray on the 

 jugulum. The upper parts in both phases are alike. 



The following specimens have been examined by the writer: 



Florida: Key West (August 12, 1893, December 24, 1888); Key 

 Largo (March 11, 1930); Big Pine Key (April — , 1930); Sixth Key 

 in the Newfound Harbor Group (May 12, 1919 ^^); Raccoon Key 

 (June — , 1889); Torch Key (March 25, 1930). 



RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS WAYNEI Brewster 



Wayne Clapper Rail 



Rallus crepitans waynei Brewster, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 1, p. 50, 

 June 9, 1899 ("St. Mary's, Camden County, Georgia"). 



Suhspecijic characters. — Similar to Rallus longirostris insularum, 

 but tail longer; gray edgings of the upper parts much darker and 

 usually less purely gray; bend of wing and flanks darker. 



Measurements. — Adult male"^: Wing, 135-152 (average, 145.1) 

 mm; tail, 57.5-72 (61.9); exposed culmen, 54-67.5 (62.2); tarsus, 

 46.5-53.5 (48.2); middle toe without claw, 40-48 (45.4). Adult 



«' Five specimens, from the Florida Keys, including the type of Rallus longirostris helius. 



" Four specimens, from the Florida Keys. 



65 Type of Rallus longirostris helius. 



" Fifteen specimens, from South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, including the type. 



