FAMILY KALLIU/K. KAILS. 



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. Kail. 



Thioat, breast, and sides of head, slaty graj ; primaries, with more or less white spots. 

 l''re(pieiits marshes. Purzana jainaicensit^. Black Rail, 



See No. 173. 



Yellow Rail. 



Throat, breast, aud sides of the head, tawny l.irown, no white spots on primaries. 



Pdr.Kinn nurfhoracen.iis. Yellow Rail. 



See Xo. 172. 



* For dlret-.tion.s fur mc;iriureinui]t, fcuu paj^e !). 



