12 HALLID.^. 



Adult. .Similar to li. longirostrix, but with a somewhat stouter 

 bill, and the legs yellowish (in skin). Total length 12 inches, 

 culmen 2, wing 5-4, tail 2-1, tarsus 1-55, middle toe and claw 2. 



Hah. Brazil. 



«, b. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil {Dr. Lushnath). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Subsp. /3. Rallus crepitans. 



The Clapper Rail, Pinn. Arctic Zool. ii. p. 490 (1785) ; Lath. Gen. 



Syn. iii. pt. i. p. 229 (1785). 

 Ealliis crepitans, Chn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 713 (1788) ; Audub. B. Amer. 



pi. cciv. (c. 1826) ; Nutt. Man. ii. p. 201 (1834) ; Atidfth. Orn. 



Bioqr. iii. p. 33 (1835) ; Bj). Comp. List B. Eur. Sf N. Amer. 



p. 53 (1838) ; Audub. B. Amer. 8vo, v. p. 1G5, pi. 310 (1842) ; 



Giraud, B. Long Isl. p. 206 (1844) ; Gray, List Grallce Brit. Mus. 



p. 116 (1844) ;'zW. Gen. B. iii. p. 593 (1846); Bp. C. R. xliii. 



p. 598 (1856) ; Cabot, Proc. Bast. Soc. N. H. iii. p. 326 (1851) ; 



Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 747 (1858); Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 



p. 295 (18c6) ; Coves, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. Hist. xii. p. 124 (1868 : 



8. Carolina) ; id. Amer. Nat. iii. pp. 600-607 (1870) ; Allen, Bull. 



Mtis. C. Z. iii. p. 182 (1872 : Utah) ; A. 0. U. Check-l. N. Amer.B. 



Suppl. ii. in Auk, Vn. p. 64 (1890) ; Scott, Auk, ix. p. 212 (1892 : 



Florida, wintf-r). 

 Rallua lono-irostris (wee Bodd.), Coves, Key N. Amer. B. p. 273 



(1872); id. B. N.-West, p. 536, note (1874); Baird, Bretver, ^ 



Ridgw. Water-B. N. Amer. i. p. 358 (1884). 

 Rallus longirostiis, var. crepitans, Ridgw. Bull. Nidt. Orn. Club, v. 



p. 140 (1880). 

 Rallus longirostris crepitans, Ridgtr. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 201 



(1880) ; Cojies, C/ieck-l. N. Amer. B. p. 108 (1882) ; Stearns, N. 



Engl. Bird-Life, ii. p. 279 (1883) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 



2nd edit. p. 672 (1884) ; Butcher, Auk, i. p. 175 (1884 : Long 



Island) ; Laicr. Auk, ii. p. 274 (1885 : Long Island) ; A. O. U. 



Check-l. N. Attier. B. p. 141 (1886); Ridgw. Man. N. Amer. B. 



p. 136 (1887) ; Shick, Auk, vii. p. 327 (1890 : New Jersey). 



Adult. Similar to B. longirostris, but ashy grey above, with 

 brown centres to the feathers; the fore neck and chest ashy brown, 

 with pale isabelline vinous on the chest and breast ; the white bars 

 on the lower flanks very narrow ; the under tail-coverts for the 

 most part pure white, the central ones with broad bands of black 

 and narrow bands of white. Further distinguished from R. longi- 

 rostris by its much longer bill and less frequent bars on the under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries : " lower mandible and edges of upper 

 mandible yellowish brown ; ridge of upper one and tips of both 

 deep brown ; feet pale livid grey, tinged with orange about the 

 tibio-tarsal joint ; claws dusky ; iris pale yellow " (J. J. Audubon). 

 Total length 14 inches, culmen 2-6, wing 6, tail 2*3, tarsus 2-05, 

 middle toe and claw 2-3. 



Hab. Eastern North America. 



a, b. Ad. st. North America. J. J. Audubon, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 c. Ad. sk. North America. Old Coll. 



