FAMILY KALLID.K. KAILS. 



9'. 



FAHILY RALLID/E. 

 Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. 



SUBFAMILY RALLIN/E. 

 Rails. 



Birds which frequent marshy places. Toes, long ; wings, short and 

 rounded ; bill, shorter than middle toe and claw together. 



* Group 1. Wing, less than 3.75 inches long. 



Black Rail. 



Throat, breast, and sides of head, slaty gra> ; primaries, with more or less wliite spots. 

 Frecpients marshes. Porzana jamaicpiisis. Black RaiK 



See No. 173. 



Yellow Rail. 



Throat, breast, and sides of the head, tawny l)n)\vu, no white spots on primaries. 



Porzana novchoracPHsis. Yellow Rail. 

 See No. 172. 



* For directions for mcasureinuiit, see pajje !». 



