Appendix 2— Local Names 



The King Rail is probably better known in life to marsh hunters and 

 trappers than to most ornithologists, and to these hunters and trappers 

 it has its own special name depending upon locality. I picked up many 

 of these names while working in the marshes and ricefields of the 

 South. 



Great Eed-breasted Rail Audubon (1835, vol 3, p. 27). 



Fresh- Water Marsh Hen ___ Audubon (1835, vol. 3, p. 27). 



Rale de Prairie Creole hunters of Louisiana ac- 



cording to Audubon (Arthur, 

 1931, p. 235). 



English Rail Hunters on Arkansas Grand Prai- 

 rie, Ark. (author). 



Slash Guinea Hunters on Arkansas Grand Prai- 

 rie, Ark. (author). 



Sage Hen Southeastern Arkansas (Chicot 



County) rice farmers (author) ; 

 also muskrat trapper, Rappa- 

 hannock River, Va. (author). 



Rice Guinea Northeast Arkansas rice belt 



around Weiner and Hickory 

 Ridge (author). 



Rice Chicken Northeast Arkansas rice belt 



around Weiner and Hickory 

 Ridge (author). 



King Sora Potomac River, Va. (Kirkwood, 



1895, p. 278) ; Powhatan River, 

 Va. (author). 



King Ortlan Patuxent River, Md. (author). 



King Water Rail Muskrat trapjper, Choptank River, 



Md. (author). 



Marsh Pullet Allen's Fresh, Wicomico River, 



Md. (author). 



Mud Hen New England (Forbush, 1925, vol. 



1, p. 352). 



Injun Hen Raleigh, N.C., area (Brimley, 1887 



p. 201). 



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