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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Rallus elegans. 



Porzana Carolina. 



Length, 14.50; Wing, 5.75; Tarsus, 1.90; Bill, 2.10. 

 Upper parts dark olive brown; wing coverts 

 not rufous brown. 



Rallus longirostris scottii. 

 Scott's Rail. See page 134 



Length, 8.75; Wing, 4.20; Tarsus, 1.30: Bilh 1.50. 

 Upper parts dark ; throat white ; belly brown. 



Rallus virginianus. 

 Virginia Rail. See page 



Length, 8.40 ; Wing, 4.20 ; Tarsus, 1.25 ; Bilh 75 to 90. 

 Upper parts dark ; throat gray ; a stripe on top of 

 head and at base of bill black ; lower belly white. 



Length, 7.20; Wing, 3.50; Tarsus, i ; Bill, 55. 

 Feathers of back banded with narrow white 



lines and edged with pale brown; upper belly white. 



Porzana Carolina. 

 Carolina Rail. 

 Sora. See page 131 



Porzana noveboracensis. 

 Yellow Rail. See page 135 



Length, 5.50; Wing, 3; Tarsus, .90; Rill, .60. Head, 

 neck, and upper belly slaty gray ; lower belly 

 plumbeous or blackish. 



Porzana jamaicensis. 

 Little Black Rail. See page 135 



