32 GREAT RED-BREASTED RAIL. 



brown ; secondaries and tail-feathers like the back. Sides and fore part 

 of the neck, and greater part of the breast, bright orange-brown ; sides 

 and lower wing-coverts undulated with deep brown and greyish- white ; 

 tibial feathers pale greyish-brown, faintly barred with darker, as is the 

 hind part of the abdomen, the fore part being uniform pale greyish- 

 brown .; lateral lower tail-coverts white, each with a blackish-brown spot 

 near the end ; those in the middle barred with black and white. 



Length to end of tail 19 inches, to end of claws 26, extent of wings 

 25; bill 2f ; tarsus 2 J, middle toe and claw 2}g ; wing from flexure 7, 

 tail 2i. Weight 1 lb. 9 oz. 



Adult Female. 



The female, which is smaller, is similar to the luale, but has the tints 

 somewhat duller. 



Length to end of tail 18 inches, to end of claws 22^, extent of wings 

 24. Weight 1 lb. 2 oz. 



Young in autumn. Plate CCIII. Fig. 2. 



The young in autumn and fully fledged resemble the female, but 

 are duller in their colours. 



