Vol J907' IV ] Brewster, Notes on the Black Rail of California. 



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No. Sex Locality and Date Wing 



188738 2 9 Dade Co., Fla., Nov. 12, 1901, 3.05 



26825 2 9 nearSpanishtown,Ja., Aug.— ,1862, 2.67 



Depth of 

 Culmen bill at 

 Tar- from base of 

 sus feathers nostril 



.92 

 .90 



.54 

 .56 



.22 

 .23 



Average 



2.93— .90— .54+ .22 



< July or 



48492 1 ? Plymouth Harbor, Mass.. I Aug., 1869, 3.04 .85 



78384 2 ? Washington, D. C, June 6, 1879, 2.97 .85 



97717 2 ? Piscataway, Md., Sept. 25, 1877, 2.90 .90 



149791 2 ? Rappahannock R., Va., Oct. — , 1906, 2.95 .85 



191765 2 ? Northampton Co., Va.,Oct. 14, 1904, 2.95 .85 



103588 2 ? off Pensacola, Fla., Mar. 10, 1885, 2.90 .90 



41898 2 ? western Kansas, Aug. 25, 1865, 2.98 .90 



27505 3 ? Neosho Falls, Kansas, 



.55 



.58 

 .55 

 .53 

 .53 

 .50 

 .61 

 3.02 .83 .53 



.25 

 .20 

 .20 

 .20 

 .21 

 .20 

 .22 

 .21 



Average 

 Total average 



2.96+ .87—' .55— .21 + 

 2.95— .88+ .54+ .22— 



Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus Ridgw. 



No. Sex Locality and Date 



3924 1 & , Cal., Jan. — , 1874, 



47680 1 cJ> Point Reyes, " Oct. 24, 1897, 



47681 1 c? 



47682 1 tf " " Nov. 9, 



47683 1 cJ> 



47684 1 J* " " 26, 



47685 1 c? 



47686 1 c? 



47687 1 d 1 



Average 



47688 1 9 Point Reyes, Cal., Oct. 24, 1897, 



47689 1 9 



47690 1 9 " " Nov. 9, 



47691 1 9 " " " " 25, 



47692 1 9 



47693 1 9 



Collection of William Brewster. 

 2 Collection of U. S. Nat. Museum. 

 3 Collection of Mus. Comp. Zoftlogy. 



