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Rallus longirostris (not of Boddaert) SENNEar, BuU. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. 

 Surv., iv, No. 1, 1878, 61 (Galveston, Tex., Feb. 28).—? Wdxiams, Auk, Iv, 

 1938, 64 (upper Texas coast). 



Rallus longirostris subsp. ? Brooks, Auk. 1, 1933, 62 (Port Isabel, Tex. ; meas.). 



[Rallus longirostris] d. satvratus Baied, Brewee, and Redgwat, Water Birds 

 Nortb Amer., 1, 1884, 360 (diagnosis). 



Rallus longirostris var. saturatus Reichenow and Schalow, Journ. fUr Orn., 

 xxix, 1881, 72 (reprint of orig. descr.). 



IRallus longirostris.] Subsp. S Rallus saturatus Shabpe, Cat Birds Brit. Mua, 

 xxiii, 1894, 13, part, pi. 1 (Lake Borgne, La.). 



RaUus crepitans saturatus Sennett, Auk, vi, 1889, 164 (crit.), 166 (diag- 

 nosis). — ^Amebican Obnithologists' Union CoMMiTrEB, Auk, vii, 1890, 65; 

 Check-list, ed. 2, 1895, No. 211a; ed. 3 1910, p. 102. — Bbtee, Proc. Louisiana 

 Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 93 (salt marshes of Louisiana, rare resident).— 

 Betee, Allison, and Kopman, Auk, xxv, 1908, 176 (coast of Louisiana and up 

 Mississippi River to upper quarantine station. — Cookb, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 

 128, 1914, 20 fig. 9, map (range) .— Simmows, Auk, xxxi, 1914, 363 [-384] (coast 

 prairies of Texas se. of Houston; historical; crit. ; habits, etc.). — ^Bent, Wils. 

 Bull., xxxvl, 1924, 10 (coastal marshes from Galveston Bay to Aransas Pass, 

 se. Texas) ; U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 135, 1927, 283 (life hist monogr. ) .— Baxlet, 

 Auk, xlv, 1928, 277 (winter in Chenler au Tigr4, La.). 



Rallus saturatus Shabpb, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, pi. 1. 



[Rallus] saturatus Shabpb, Hand-list, i, 1899, 94. 



Rallus longirostris crepitans (not R. crepitans Gmelin) Fishee (A. K.), Auk, 

 V, 1888, 108 (Grand Isle, La., breeding). 



[RalUis longirostris,] Subsp. p Rallus crepitans Shabpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxiii, 1894, 12, part (Corpus Christi, Tex.). 



(?) Rallus crepitans Betee, Proc. Louisiana Soc. Nat for 1897-99 (1900), 98 

 (salt marshes of Louisiana, resident). 



Rallus longirostris cariiwus (not of Ridgway) Sennett, Auk, v, 1888, 319 (Gal- 

 veston and Corpus Christi, Tex.); vi, 1889, 163 (crit), 164 (diagnosis).— 

 Ameeican Obnithologists' Union, Abridged Check-Ust, 1889, No. 211c: 

 Check-list, ed. 2, 1895, No. 211.2, part (Texas localities) ; ed. 3, 1910, p. 103, 

 part (Texas localities). — ^Ridgvcat, Man. North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1896, 

 587, part (Galveston and Corpus Christi, Tex.). 



Rallus longirostris caribwus Cookh, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 22 part 

 (range). 



RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS CORTI JVIaynard 



Bahama Clapfeb Rail 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to Rallus longirostris crepitans but 

 slightly paler above, the crown, hind neck, and the centers of the 

 feathers of the back, interscapulars, scapulars, etc., very slightly 

 paler, more olive, less brownish — flight brownish olive, and the mar- 

 gins, in comparable plumages, slightly broader and paler — ^pallid 

 neutral gray; the sides of neck, lower throat, breast, and upper 

 abdomen paler — ^pale pinkish buff with a faint wash of light pinkish 

 cinnamon; middle of abdomen cartridge buflf; flanks averaging 

 slightly paler, more grayish, less brownish than in crepitans, but 

 occasionally as dark as in that form ; "iris reddish brown ; bill orange 



