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June 24, 1920 Vol. VII, pp. 5,3-54 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 



A NEW CLAPPER RAIL FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS 



BY WINTHROP SPRAGUE BROOKS 



Through the interest of Dr. Thomas Barbour I have recently 

 spent some time in Florida collecting natural history specimens 

 for the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Among these is a 

 series of three clapper rails from the Florida Keys, which, with 

 two others already in the Museum, reveal color characters suffi- 

 cient to warrant a subspecific separation. This new race may 

 be known as 



Rallus longirostris insularum subep. nov. 



Type, adult male, no. 82,583, M. C. Z., collected at Big Pine Key, Florida, 

 April 20, 1920, by W. S. Brooks. Orig. no. 1951. 



Characters. — In size this rail agrees essentially with its nearest relatives, 

 — coryi, cubanus and ivaynei. Its breast is paler than in cubamis or waynei, 

 but a trifle more intense than in coryi. On the back the brown centers of 

 the feathers are lighter, more olive, and narrower, and the slate-colored 



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