SORA RAIL 



A retiring inhabitant of damp forest, espe- 

 cially near water. If seen at all it is usually 

 noticed sneaking off into the adjacent vegeta- 

 tion from the bank of some river or other water. 



FIG. 7. Aramides c. cajanea 



where it has been feeding. Jewel reports it 

 from the Chagres River below Gatun, also a 

 nest at Toro Point. "It is common in the man- 

 groves near Colon" (Griscom). 



2. Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus) 

 Sora Rail 



Sexes alike. Length, 203 mm. (8.00 in.) : 

 tail, about 59 mm. (2.00 in.). 



Adult. General color above olive brown 

 varied with broad black, and narrow white 

 streaks: the feathers surrounding bill, a streak 

 through the crown, and the central line of the 

 throat, black; a narrow streak above eye, sides 

 of face and neck, and chest, gray; middle of 



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