FAMILY RALLIDA. — RAILS. 99 
* Group 3. Wing, 4.75 to 6.50 inches long. 
Feathers on back, dark olive, edged with gray ; cheeks and ear coverts, pale cinna-= 
mon rufous, sometimes blackish in young birds; bill, over 1.25 inches long. Usually found 
near fresh water. Rallus elegans. King Rail. 
See No. 165. 
Feathers on the back, black, edged with grayish olive; cheeks and ear coyerts, gray. 
Prefers salt-water marshes. Rallus longirostris crepitans and varieties. Clapper Rail. 
See No. 166. 
* For directions for measurement, see page 4. 
