Bails 



2 I ( . Clapper Rail, Marsh Hen (Rallus er^piUns}' 

 L. 14.5; W- 55 H- 2.5. j4Js. Above pah olive bor- 

 dered by gray; wing-cnverts pals grayish brown; 

 breast ^j/^ cinnamon; flanlts barred gray and while. 

 Notes. Gkak, gkaA, gkak, at first loud and rapid, 



ending lower ana slower. 



Range. Salt marshes of Iha Atlantic coaEt; breeds from North 

 Carolina to Conin^ciicut; winters from Long Island (rarely) south- 

 ivai J. north casually to Mjssachusetls; south casually to Louisiana. 



21 la. Louisiana Clapper Rail {R. c. saturalus). 

 Similar to No, 2(1, but above rich brown edged with 

 olive; breast darker cinnamon; bill more slender, 2.3, 



Range. - Const of Louisiana. 



21 lb. Soott Clapper Rail {!{. c. seotti). Simi- 

 lar to No. 211, but mii^h darker; sooty brown or black 

 above edged with olive-brown or olive-gray; breast 

 and neck cinnamon, washed with brownish; flanks 

 bruwn and white. Darkest bird of group. 



Range.— Gult coast of Florida. 



2llc. Wayne Clapper Rail {R. c.waynet). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 211, but darker, back rich olive-brown 

 edged with gray; breast more ashy. 



Range.— Atlantic coast. North Carolina to eastern Florida. 



211.2. Caribbean Clapper Rail {T^allm longiros- 

 tris caribmis). L. 14; W. 5.7; B. 2.4, Jds. Above 

 olive-brown edged with olive-ashy, breast cinnaiiionj 

 flanks brown and white. 



Rangi!— West indlss; coast of southeastern Texas (and north- 

 easiern Mexico?) - 



214. Carolina Rail (Por^afiacarolma). L. S.5;B.S. 

 ^ds. Region about base of bill black. Yng. Simi- 

 lar, but no black about base of bill; breast more cinna- 

 mon. Noi^s. Calls, ku& or piep, song, ker-wee: and a 

 high, rolling whiiuiy. 



Rang-e. North America; breeds from Long island, Illinois, Kansas, 

 and southern California, north to Newfoundland. Hudson Bay region, 

 and bttitish Columbia; winters from Soi:th Carolina, southern Illinois, 

 and northern L.aiLfornia soulti to South America. 



216. Little Black Rail {Peruana jamaicemii), L. 5i 



B.6. Ads. Head, breast, and belly slate; back blackisb 



■brown barred with white; nape reddish brown. Notes. 



Probably, kik-kik-kik, queeah, or kik-ki-ki-ki, ki, queiah, 



or variants. (Brewsttr.) 



Range. "TeitiperQtc North America north to Massichusstts, north- 

 ern Illinois, and Oregon: soiilh to West Indies and Guatemala." (A. 

 O. U.) Probably breeds throughout its North American range (Con- 

 necticut. Illinois. Kansas). , 



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