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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FI.ORIDA. 



Rallus elegans. 



irzana raroiina 



Lengtli. 14.50: \Vin<;-, 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 266 



Length, 8.75: Wing. 4.20: 'I'arsus. 1.30: Bill. 1.50. 



Upper parts dark : throat white: belly brown. Rallus virginianus. 



Virginia Rail. See page 265 



Length, 8.40 : Wing. 4.20 : Tarsus. 1.25 : Bill. 75 to<^o. 

 I'pper parts dark : throat gray : a stripe on top of 



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



Carolina Rail. 

 Sora. See page 266 



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

 Feathers of back banded with narrow white 

 lines and edged with pale brown: upper belly white. Porzana noveboracensis. 



Yellow Rail. See page 267 



Length, 5.50; W^ing, 3; Tarsus, .90: L.ill. .60. Head, 

 neck, and upper belly slaty gray ; lower belly 

 plumbeous or blackish. Porzana jamaicensis. 



Little Black Rail. See page 267 



