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Ballw longirostris cariboetu Cobt, Auk, v, 1888, 53 part; Birds West 

 Indies, 1889, 254, part; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, 90, 

 part (Puerto Rico).— Amebioan Oenithologists' Union, Check-list 

 North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1895, No. 211.2, part ("West Indies") ; 

 ed. 3, 1910, 103, part ("West Indies").— Wetmoee, U. S. Dept. Agr. BuU. 

 326, 1916, 36 (Puerto Rico, resident; habits; food); Auk, xxxui, 1916, 

 411 (Vieques Island); xxxiv, 1917, 58 (Oulebra Island; notes) .—Cookb, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. BuU. 128, 1914, 22, part.— Sibuthebs, Auk, xl, 1923, 472 

 (Boaueron, Puerto Rico; nesting). 



Rallus longirostris caribaeus Wetmobe, New York Acad. Sci., Set Surv. Porto 

 Rico, ix, pt. 3, 1927, 335 (genl.; Puerto Rico; Vieques; Culebra; St. 

 Thomas; St Croix). — ^Danfoeth, Joum. Dept. Agr. Puerto Rico, xiv, 1930, 

 115 (Tortola, Virgin Islands) ; xv, 1931, 49 ( Joyuda, Puerto Real, Boqueron, 

 Faro de Cabo Roja, etc., Puerto Rico). — Beattt, Journ. Dept. Agr. Puerto 

 Rico, xiy, 1930, 139 (St. Croix, Krause Lagoon; breeding.) — Petebs, Check- 

 list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 158, part. 



R[allus'[ l[ongirostris'\ caribaeus Bond, Birds West Indies, 1936, 87, part 

 (Puerto Rico; Vieques; Culebra; St. Croix; St. Thomas; Tortola). 



Rallus longirostris subsp. Rallus carihwus Shabpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiil, 

 1894, 13, part (St. Croix; St. Thomas). 



Rallus longirostris subsp. Danfoeth, Joum. Agr. Univ. Puerto Rico, xtx, 1935, 

 447, 466 (Culebra, St. Croix, Vieques; St. Thomas; Tortola). 



Rallus caribaeus Shabpb, Hand-list, i, 1899, 94, part. 



Rallus longirostris limnetis Obeeholseb, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxxiv, 1937, 

 326 (orig. descr. ; monogr. ; Puerto Rico; Culebra; Vieques; Tortola; St. 

 Croix; St. Thomas). — Danfoeth, Joum. Agr. Univ. Puerto Rico, xxl, 1937, 

 543 (Punta Arena, Playa Grande, and Cayo Verdiales all in Vieques 

 Island, Puerto Rico). 



RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS MANGLECOLA Danforth 



Antigua Clappeb Rail 



Adult (sexes alike)." — Similar to pale phase of Rallus longirostris 

 limnetis below but the breast purer and slightly brighter light 

 pinkish cinnamon, and like the dark phase of limnetis on the upper- 

 parts, but with longer bill. 



Juvenal (unsexed) . — Similar to that of Ralhts longirostris satura- 

 tus, but the upper parts more olive brownish, the edges of the feathers 

 of the back, scapulars, etc., less grayish, more olive brownish. 



Natal down. — Unrecorded. 



Adult male (type). — Wing 146.1; tail 60.5; exposed culmen 73.9; 

 tarsus 54 ; middle toe without claw 50 mm.) . 



Adult female. — ^Wing 135.5; tail 60.7; exposed culmen 64.8; tarsus 

 45.8 mm.'' 



" Only male seen, but female said not to differ except in size. 



"One specimen of each, the female not seen, all measurements except the 

 middle toe without claw ex Danforth, who also sends the following measurements 

 of 7 unsexed birds in the Musfe L'Herminier at Point-ft-Pitre, Guadeloupe; 

 culmen from base 60.5 (immature, 65.6, 63.3, 73.0, 64.8, 66.1, 70.1 mm.) ; tarsus 

 (approximate only) 43, 51.6, 48, 48.5, 53.0, 47.3, 47.8 mm. 



