FAMILY RALLIDZ. — RAILS. 94 
FAMILY RALLIDE. 
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. 
SUBFAMILY RALLINAE. 
Rails. 
Birds which frequent marshy places. Toes, long; wings, short and 
rounded ; bill, shorter than middle toe and claw together, 
* Group |. Wing, less than 3.75 inches long. 
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Black Rail. 
Throat, breast, and sides of head, slaty gray ; primaries, with more or less white spots. 
Irequents marshes. Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail, 
See No. 173. 
Yellow Rail. 
Throat, breast, and sides of the head, tawny brown, no white spots on primaries. 
Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. 
See No. 172. 
* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 
