214. Porzana carolina 
SORA. 8.50 inches 
Adult. Above, feathers at base of bill black; head brown with 
black stripe ; back brown streaked with black and white; sides of 
head and line over eye grayish; short tail held erect, yellowish 
beneath. Below, throat and middle of breast 
black; flanks black, barred with white; 42// 
shortand yellow. Immature. Similar, but 
throat white. Also called Carolina Rail ; 
more common than the Virginia ; found in wet 
fresh-water marshes, skulking and ees | 
through the grass. Note. A whistled ‘“er- 
wee, ker-wee, ker-wee,’ and a “ kuk, kuk, kuk.” 
Nest. Of grass, on ground in meadows or bogs. 
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Breeds, Common summer resident. April to October, 
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