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BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Eggs have been taken near Cobb Island, Va., from May 19, 1894, 

 to July 17, 1884 (specimens in U. S. National Museum); Stone Har- 

 bor, N. J., May 28, 1907 (Carter), to July 7, 1903 (Miller); and 

 South Oyster Bay, N. Y., May 24, 1884 (specimens in U. S. 

 National Museum) . 



Birds that winter in Georgia sometimes remain there until after the 

 local breeding birds have eggs, since specimens of crepitans were taken 

 April 4, 1896, at St. Marys, Ga., while eggs of waynei have been found 

 in Georgia in March. 



• BREEDING 



O OCCURRENCE IN SUMMER 



Fig. 8. — Light-footed rail (Ballus levipes). 

 LOUISIANA CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus crepitans saturatus Ridgway. 



The Louisiana clapper rail is common and resident in the salt 

 marshes of that State and ranges east to Perdido Bay, Ala. (Howell), 

 and west to Corpus Christi, Tex. (Sennett). 



Under this form are now included all the specimens from Texas that 

 were formerly identified as Rallus longirostris caribaeus. Eggs have 

 been taken near Corpus Christi, Tex., as late as July 23-27, 1910 

 (Thayer). 



FLORIDA CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus crepitans scotti Sennett. 



The Florida clapper rail is confined to Florida and is a resident of 

 the western coast from Charlotte Harbor north to the mouth of the 

 Suwanee River. Downy young have been found from early May to 



