176 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



FAM. RALLID^. 



RAILS, Etc. 



RALLUS LONCIROSTRIS. Bodd. 

 Clapper Rail. 



Adult Mate. — Above, olive-brown, mottled with gray and ash; 

 a superciliary line and upper throat, whitish ; under parts, yellowish 

 brown ; flanks and lining of the wing, gray, barred with white ; tail, 

 brown. 



Length 14.50, wing 5.25, tail 2.10, tarsus 1.S5, bill 2.0S. 



I include this species on the authority of Dr. Bryant, as I have 

 never met with it in the Bahamas. Mr. Arthur Smith observed a 

 large Rail in the neighborhood of Nassau, which may perhaps have 

 been this bird. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. V. pi. 310. 



PORZANA CAROLINA. {Linn.) 

 Carolina Rail. 



Winter Plmiiagc, Male. — Above, reddish brown, streaked with 

 black, and some of the feathers edged with white; flanks and lining 

 of the wings barred with white and dull black; abdomen, dull white; 



