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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Identification Chart No. 9. 



Rails. 



No. 208. King Rail, {Ralliis elegans.) 



Found in the fresh water marshes of eastern U. S. 

 North to the border of the U. S. Length 18 inches. 

 Above, streaked with black and tawny brown, the 

 central portions of each feather being the darkest. 

 Back of head and neck brown. Wing coverts, rich 

 chestnut. Throat and chin white. Sides of head, 

 neck, breast and below, a rich reddish brown. Flanks 

 and lining of wings blackish brown, barred with white. 

 Eve, bill, and feet, brownish. 



No. 212. Virginia Rail, {Ralhis virginianus) . 

 North America to the British Provinces. Length, 

 10 inches. Very similar in 'Coloration 'to the last 

 species except in the matter of size, averaging perhaps 

 a trifle darker 



No. 214. Sora Rail, (Por^ana Carolina.) 



Found in temperate North America, but less common- 

 ly on the Pacific coast. Length, 9 in. Above, olive 

 brown, streaked with black and white, the latter also 

 m specks. Face and middle of throat, black. Re- 

 mainder of throat, breast, and a line over the eye, gray. 

 Sides and flanks faintly barred with black. Young 

 birds lack the black face, the throat is white and the 

 breast brownish. 



No. 215. Yellow Rail, (Pofy^ana novebom- 

 censis.') 



North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 North to Hudson Bay and Nova Scotia. Length, 6 

 inches. Above streaked with black and yellowish 

 brown and marked with numerous curved bars of 

 white. Under parts pale brownish yellow. Flanks 

 barred with white and black. 



No, 216, Black Rail, {Por^ana jamakensis.) 



Found in temperate North America from the Atlan- 

 tic to the Pacific, south of the Canadian border. Length, 

 5.5 inches. Above, black finely spotted and barred 

 with white. Hind, neck and upper part of back 

 dark chestnut. Head and under parts, dark slate 

 color. Flanks and under tail coverts barred with 

 white. The female is paler below and quite whitish on 

 the throat 



No 216, I. Farallone Black Rail {Poriana 



coturniculus.) 



Is much like the last, perhaps a trifle smaller and 

 with few specks of white on the back. It is limited to 

 the Farallone Islands off the coast of California. 



