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female": Wing, 129.5-146.5 (138.4); tail, 56-63.5 (59.9); exposed 

 culmen, 53-62.5 (58.7); tarsus, 43.5-50 (46.7); middle toe without 

 claw, 41.5-47.5 (44.4). 



Type locality. — St. Marys, Camden County, Ga. 



Geographic distribution. — Atlantic coast region of southeastern 

 United States. Breeds north to central eastern South Carolina 

 (Santee River) ; and south to southeastern Georgia and northeastern 

 Florida (Merritt Island). Winters north to central eastern South 

 Carolma (Charleston) and south to southeastern Florida (Jupiter). 



Remarks. — From Rallus longirostris saturatus this race differs in 

 smaller wing, tarsus, and middle toe; in more grayish edgings of the 

 feathers on the upper parts; and usually more grayish anterior lower 

 surface; while from Rallus longirostris limnetis of Puerto Rico it may 

 be separated by its shorter tarsus and middle toe; somewhat darker 

 upper surface, with more blackish centers of the feathers and more 

 purely gray (less brownish) edgings; as well as by its more grayish 

 (less brownish) flanlvs. From Rallus longirostris leucophaeus of the 

 Isle of Pines it is distinguished by shorter tarsus ; rather lighter, less 

 blacldsh, centers of the feathers of the upper parts, giving this area a 

 lighter tone; somewhat lighter flanks and sides, with wider white 

 bars; and darker remaining lower parts. It is similar to Rallus 

 longirostris helizensis, which is of about the same size, but the edgings 

 of the upper parts are deeper, more olive gray, and the breast is 

 darker. 



There seems to be no geographic difference in Rallus longirostris 

 waynei, but the individual variation is great. The throat ranges from 

 pure white to strongly tinged with buff; the breast from dark cinna- 

 mon without grayish tinge to pale cinnamon, with or wdthout much 

 gray admixture, or to entirely gray; the middle of the abdomen 

 ranges from pure white or pale buff to white with a grayish cinnamon 

 tinge; the flanks vary from gray to hair brown, sometimes dark, in 

 other individuals light; the lower tail-coverts are sometimes much 

 marked with dark brown, but in other individuals very little so. 

 The bars on the flanks vary in width from 1.2 to 3.2 mm, averaging 

 about 2.5 mm. There are in this race five well-marked color phases, 

 four of them involving the upper parts only — a light gray, a dark 

 gray, a light brown, and a dark brown phase, to which should be 

 added a gray-breasted phase. This race is one of the two partially 

 migratory forms of Rallus longirostris. and although it is found in the 

 winter practically throughout its breeding range, locally in reduced 

 numbers, it wanders to a considerable distance south of its summer 

 home. 



The following specimens have been examined by the writer in this 

 connection: 



65 Sixteen specimens, from South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. 



