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Fla.)— Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 135, 1927, 287 (monogr.).— Amemcan 



Oenitholoqists' Union, C!heck-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, 1931, 96. — 



HowEix, Florida Bird Life, 1932, 203 (genl. ; Florida). 

 Rallus sGottii Sbnnett, Auk, vi, 1889, 165 (crit.), 166 (diagnosis).— Ambbican 



Obnithologists' Union Committee, Auk, vii, 1890, 65 (2d. Suppl. Check-Ust. 



1890, No. 211.1) ; Check-list, ed. 2, 1895, No. 211.1.— Beewsteb and Chapman, 



Auk, viil, 1891, 133, 135, 137 (Suwannee River, nw. Florida; crit.).— Scott, 



Auk, ix, 1892, 212 (Caloosahatcbie River regions). 

 Ballus scotti Shaepb, Hand-list, i, 1899, 94. 

 Ballus crepitans scotti Amebioan Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, ed. 3, 1910, 



102 ; ed. 4, 1931, 96.— Cooke, U. S. Dept. Agr. BuU. 128, 1914, 20, fig. 9, map 



(range) .—WnJiAMS (R. W.), Auk, xxxvi, 1919, 51 (Goose Creek, nw. 



Florida, Nov., abundant) .— FABao, WUs. BuU., xxxviii, 1926, 147 (Pinellas and 



Pasco Counties, Fla.).— Bent and Copeland, Auk, xliv, 1927, 377 (coast of 



Florida). — Gandbe, Auk, xlvi, 1929, 106 In text (habits). 

 ( ?) Rallus crepitans (not of Gmelin?) Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 212 (Caloosahatcbie 



River, rare in winter) . 

 Rallus langirostris, subsp. Rallus saturatus (not Rallus longirostris saturatus 



Ridgway) Shabpb, Cat Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 13, part (Tarpon 



Springs, w. Florida). 

 Rallus longirostris saturatus Amebican Obnithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, 



No. 211a, part. 



KALLUS LONGIHOSTRIS INSULAEUM W. S. Brooks 



Bbooks's Clappeb Rail 



Adult (sexes alike) . — Similar to that of Rallus longirostris waynei, 

 pale phase, but smaller, and with the sides of the neck more grayish, 

 the grayish tone more noticeable than the brownish; the breast less 

 washed with grayish, and the flanks averaging paler (but variable in 

 this respect), usually as in crepitans but sometimes as in waynei; 

 the edges of the feathers of the upperparts in all specimens examined 

 are gray ; whether an olive or brownish-gray phase occurs is not clear ; 

 the dark centers of these feathers vary as in waynei/ iris brownish ; 

 bill blackish on culmen, light brown below becoming more reddish 

 at base and at gape ; tarsi and toes grayish. 



Jv/venal. — Similar to that of Rallus longirostris waynei. 



Natal down. — Not recorded. 



Adult male.— Wing 140-148 (144.8) ; tail 51-64 (57.5) ; exposed 

 culmen 59-615 (60.6) tarsus 47-54 (50.4) ; middle toe without claw 

 45-45.5 (45.2 mm.). =« 



Adult female.— Wing 129.5-136.5 (133.8) ; tail 57-60 (58) ; exposed 

 culmen 53-59 (55) ; tarsus 44-47 (45.1) ; middle toe without claw 

 39-42 (40.5 mm.)." 



Range. — Eesident and confined to the Florida Keys wherever man- 

 grove swamps occur (Torch Key; Big Pine Key; Key Largo; Rac- 



"Fonr specimens from Florida Keys. 

 "Four specimens from Florida Keys. 



