140 EiDGWAY on Rallus Longirostris. 



dyke-brown; breast deep buffer pale cinnamon. Culraen, 1.90-2.10; 

 least depth of bill, .35-. 40; wing, 5.20-5.50; tarsus, 1.75-1.85; middle 

 toe, 1.75. Hal)., northern coast of South America (Cayenne to Bahia). 



h. var. crepitans. Above ash-gray, the stripes usually obsolete ; if dis- 

 tinct, light olivaceous and not well defined ; breast buff, paler (usually 

 whitish) centrally, and shaded with gray across the jugulum. Culmen, 

 2.10-2.50; least depth of bill, .22-. 28; tarsus, 1.85-2.10; middle toe, 

 1.70-2.00. Hah., salt-water marshes, Atlantic coast, U. S. 



c. var. caribaeus. Colors of longirostris. Culmen, 2.12-2.50; least 

 depth of bill, .25 -.30; tarsus, 1.95-2.10; middle toe, 1.80-1.95. Hal., 

 West Indies. 



d. var. saturatus. Above olive-gray or ashy broadly striped with 

 brownish-black; breast dull cinnamon. Culmen, 2.10-2.45; least depth 

 of bill, .22-. 28; tarsus, 1.95-2.00; middle toe, 1.75-1.80. Hah., Lou- 

 isiana. 



B. Size small (jving less than 4.50 inches). 

 4. R. virginianus. Colors almost exactly as in R. elegans, but usually 

 more intense. Hah., the whole of North and Middle America (except 

 Arctic regions), south to Guatemala and Cuba. 



Following are the principal references to R. longirostris, including 

 the several races defined in the above synopsis : — 



Rallus longirostris, Boddaert, Clapper Rail. 

 a. var. longirostris, Bodd. 

 Rallus longirostris, Bodd., Tabl. P. E., 1783 (based on Rede a long hec, 

 de Cayenne, Buff., PI. Enl., 849). 



Rallus crass irosir is, Law^r., Ann. Lye. N. Y., X, Feb., ISfil (in text; 

 Bahia). 



h. var. crepitans, Gmel. 

 Rallus crepitans, Gmel., S. N., I, ii, 1788, 713 (based on Clapper Rail, 

 Penn., Arct. Zool, ii, 1781, No. 407). — Wilson, Am. Orn., VII, 1813, 

 112 (descr., but not the plate!). — Nutt., Man., ii, 1834, 201. — Aud., 

 Orn. Biog., Ill, 1835, 231, pi. 214 ; Synop., 1839, 215 ; B. Am., V, 1842, 

 165, pi. 310. — Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, 747 ; Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 

 553. 



'' Rallus longirostris" (nee Bodd.) Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S , 1868, 442 

 (part). — COUES, Key, 1872, 273; Check List, 1873, No. 465 ; B. N. W., 

 1874, 536 (excl. syn. part). 



c. var. caribeeus, Ridg. 

 " Rallus crepitans " and " R. longirostris," Auct. (all West Indian refer- 

 ences). 



Rallus longirostris carihceus, Ridgw., MS. 



d. var. saturatus. 

 Rallus longirostris saturatus, Henshaw, MS.* 



* Types in Mr. Hensliaw's collection. 



