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Florida: Amelia Island (December 15, 17, 25, and 29, 1906; 

 April 10, 1906, September 6, 1906, August 29, 1906, October 2, 16, 

 17, 18, 20, and 30, 1906, December 22, 28, and 29, 1905, January 11 

 and 25, 1906, November 27, 1905, February 8 and 9, 1906, May 9, 

 1906, June 26 and 27, 1906, October 17, 1901); northern Brevard 

 County (April 4, 1905); Matanzas River (May 26, 1925); Anastasia 

 Island (May 27, 1925); New Smyrna (May 23, 1925); Fort George, 

 Duval County (January 21, 1917); Pilot Town; northern shore of 

 Dimmits Creek, Indian River; Smyrna; Pallesier Creek (May 20 and 

 26, 1896). 



Georgia: St. Marys, Camden County (March 18, 1878,^^ March 

 7, 15, 19, and 22, 1878, April 4, 1878); St. Germania (January 1, 

 1879); St. Catharine Island (January 1, ); Sapelo Island (Decem- 

 ber 15, 1883). 



South Carolina: Mount Pleasant (April 5, 1904, May 17, 1904, 

 November 4, 1904, October 19, 1896); Frogmore (May 5, 1885); 

 Christ Church Parish (May 6, 1911); Porchers Bluff, Christ Church 

 Parish (April 29, 1911, May 6 and 12, 1911); Charleston (January 10 

 and 11, 1891); Santee Club, lower South Santee River (June 10, 1915); 

 St. Helena Island (November 22, 1904); Stoner River (November 9, 

 1904); Warsaw Island (November 28, 1904). 



RALLCS LONGIROSTRIS CREPITANS Gmelin 



Northern Clapper Rail 



[Rallus] crepitans Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 713, 1789, before 

 Apr. 20 ("Noveboraco") (based on "Clapper Rail" Pennant, Arctic zoology, 

 vol. 2, p. 490, no, 407, 1785 ["New York"]; and "Clapper Rail" Latham, A 

 general synopsis of birds, vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 229, no. 2, 1785 ["New York"]). 



Suhspecific characters. — Similar to Rallus longirostris waynei, but 

 tarsus and middle toe longer; wing and tail somewhat longer; upper 

 parts lighter and more uniform ; lower surface hghter, less ashy (more 

 cinnamomeous) ; white bars on the flanks averaging wider. 



Description. — Adult: Iris raw umber or pale yellow; eyelids whitish; 

 bill dull brown, the upper half of maxilla darker, the mandible and 

 the edges of the maxilla rather yellowish brown ; legs and feet grajdsh 

 brown; claws darker. Nestling: Glossy black above with a metallic 

 greenish sheen ; duller with httle or no gloss on the middle of the lower 

 surface ; basal half of bill blackish'', the terminal half paler. 



Measurements. — Adult male '^^: Wing, 142.5-159.5 (average, 151.1) 

 mm; tail, 55-69 (64,6); exposed culmen, 55-69.5 (63.3); tarsus, 48-56 

 (51.7); middle toe without claw, 45,5-53,5 (48.8), Adult female *=«: 

 Wing, 135,5-160 (146.8); tail, 55-69.5 (61.9); exposed cuhnen, 53.5-67 

 (59.6); tarsus, 41-56 (48.1); middle toe without claw, 40-52 (45.9). 



«6 Type. 



«' Twenty-one specimens, from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina. 



«' Seventeen specimens, from New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. 



