218 



RAILS. 



respond by giving explosive cries. Tem- 

 perate N. A. breeding from the middle 

 states northward; goes south in early Oct.; 

 north in April, fig. 161. 



181. SPOTTED CRAKE. 

 A little smaller than last, head neck 

 and breast thickly spotted with white. 

 Northern parts of Old World; occasional in 

 Greenland. 



^Merganser. 1-10. 



182. YELLOW RAIL. 



Small, 7; yellow-buff, broadly streaked 

 on flanks with dark brown, secondaries 

 white-tipped, conspicuous in flight. Occurs 

 in marshes but sometimes in weedy upland 

 fields. 



