DIKECTOKY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 115 



tic and Gulf coasts of the U. S. north to C-^nn., casual in 



131. 



Fig 



Mass. ; Resident from the 

 Potomac s o u t li w a r d. 

 B r e c ds in Marc h and 

 April. Abundant. Notes, i 

 the usual rail-like crake 

 and a harsh scream when 

 annoyed. 



3*. LOUISIANA 

 CLAPPER RAIL, R. c. 



SATUKATUS. Similar to ^ 



3 but paler ashy above - ^ -_ ^ ^ _-_^5^ 



and more broadly and dis- 

 tinctly streaked with M, A, a, 3. 1-4. 

 greenish and deeper red below. Coast of Louisiana. 



4. FLORIDA CLAPPER RAIL, R. scottii. Differs 

 from 3 in having a more slender bill and in being darker above, 

 nearly black; below, ashy-gray mixed with cinnamon. Salt 

 marshes of western Fla._ 



b. Short-billed Rails. Porzana, 



Fi"-. 132. 





JWC, A, b, 1. 1-2. 



Bill, shorter than head, slaty 

 / and white : face and throat black 

 1. CAROLINA RAIL, P. 

 CAROLINA. 8.75; bill, .85; line 

 back of eye and upper parts, 

 brownish-yellow broadly streak- 

 ed with brown and very distinctly 

 dotted and short-lined with 

 white; line on top of head, face 

 and throat, black ; breast, and 

 sides of neck and head, slaty- 

 blue; remaining under parts, 

 white banded with white and 

 dusky on sides and flanks ; iris, 

 brown, bill, yellow, feet, green, 

 fig. 132. Young, differ in being 

 overwashed with reddish below 

 and the black markings are ab- 



