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MARSH AND SWAMP BIRDS. 



No. 131 



SORA. 



Genus: Porzana. 



Species: P. Carolina. 



Distribution: 



A common summer resident of New England. 



Date of Arrival: 

 Late April. 



Date of Departure: 

 Late October. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts olive brown, black and white marked, face, 

 centre of crown and neck line black, forehead, cheeks grayish 

 blue, wings brownish cinnamon, flanks and belly white and 

 black. Lnmature, black throat and face lacking, breast 



brownish. Bill and feet dark. 



Length about 8.50, 



Song and Other Notes: 



A whistle and " whinny," and two other call notes. 



Haunts: 



Marshes. 



