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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Rallus eleeaiis. 



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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 26^) 



Length. 8.75: Wing. 4. jo: Tarsus. 1.30: />'///. 1.50. 

 I'pper parts (lark: throat white: belly brown. 



Rallus virginianus. 

 Virginia Rail. See page 265 



l.cngtii. 8.40 : Wing. 4.20 : Tarsus. 1.25 : Bill. 75 A' 90. 

 Ipper parts dark : tinoat gray : a strijie on top of 

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



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

 I eatliers of back banded with narrow white 



lines and edged with pale brown: upper belly white. 



Porzana Carolina. 

 Carolina Rail. 

 Sora. .See page 266 



Porzana noveboracensis. 

 Yellow Rail. See page zG-] 



Length, 5.50: Wing. 3; Tarsus, .90: Lill. .60. Head, 

 neck, and upper belly slaty gray ; lower belly 

 plumbeous or blackish. 



Porzana jamaicensis. 

 Little Black Rail. See page 267 



