208. King Rail (Rallus elegans). L. 15. Ads. 
Above olive-brown, black, and olive-gray; wing-cov- 
erts reddish brown; neck and breast cinnamon; belly 
and sides blackish, sharply and broadly barred with 
white. Notes. A loud bup, bup, bup, repeated and end- 
ing ina roll. 
Range.—Eastern United States; breeds from Florida north to Con- 
Necticut and South Dakota; strays to Maine; winters from Virgin- 
ia and Lower Mississippi Valley southto Gulf States. 
209. Belding Rail (Rallus belding?). Similar to 
No. 208, but paler; flank-bars narrower. 
Range.— Lower California. 
210. California Clapper Rail (RaZlus obsoletus). 
L.17. Above grayish olive-brown streaked with 
blackish brown: breast cinnamon; flanks dusky brown 
narrowly banded with white. Margins to back 
feathers much broader than in forms of crepztans. 
Range.—Salt Marshes of Pacific coast north to Washington. 
212. Virginia Rail (Rallus virginianus). L. 9.5; 
B. 1.5. Ads. Above blackish and grayish brown, 
wing-coverts reddish brown; below cinnamon, flanks 
black and white. Resembling a King Rail in color,but 
much smaller. Notes. Calls, Aep or &ik; song, a 
grunting sound and cut, cittta-citta-citta. (Brewster.) 
Range.— North America; breeds from Pennsylvania, Long Island, 
northern Illinois, and middle California north to Labrador, Manitoba, 
and British Columbia; winters from about its southern breeding lim- 
its south 10 Cuba and Guatemala. 
215. Yellow Rail. (Porzana noveboracensis). L. 7; 
B. .5. Ads. Above black and buffy barred with 
white; breast buffy; sides brownish barred with white. 
Notes. An abrupt cackling, ’Arék, ’krek, ’hrek, ’krek, 
kak, ’k’R’R. (Nuttall.) 
Range.—Eastern North America north to New Brunswick, Quebec, 
and Hudson Bay, west to Manitoba and rarely California; probably 
breeds chiefly north; winters in southern States. 
OF 
Rails, 
