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Rallus elegans. 
Length, 14.50; Wing, 5.75; Tarsus, 1.90; Bill, 2.10, 
Upper parts dark olive brown; wing coverts 
not rufous brown. 
Length, 8.75; Wing, 4.20; Tarsus, 1.30: 22/7, 1.50. 
Upper parts dark; throat white: belly brown, 
Length, 8.40; Wing, 4.20: Tarsus, 1.25: B///, 75 to 90. 
Upper parts dark; throat gray; a stripe on top of 
head and at base of bill black; lower belly white. 
Length, 7.20; Wing, 3.50; Tarsus, 1: B2//, 55. 
Feathers of back banded with narrow white 
lines and edged with pale brown; upper belly white. 
Length, 5.50; Wing, 3; Tarsus, .90; Bill, .60. Head, 
neck, and upper belly slaty gray; lower belly 
plumbeous or blackish. 
KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
Porzana carolina. 
Rallus longirostris scottii. 
Scott’s Rail. See page 266 
Rallus virginianus. 
Virginia Rail. See page 265 
Porzana carolina. 
Carolina Rail. 
Sora. See page 266 
Porzana noveboracensis. 
Yellow Rail. See page 267 
Porzana jamaicensis. 
Little Black Rail. See page 267 
