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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
FAM. RALLIDiE. 
RAILS, . Etc. 
RALLUS L ONGIR OS TRIS. Bodd. 
Clapper Rail. 
Adult Mate. — Above, olive-brown, mottled with gray and ash; 
a superciliary line and upper throat, whitish ; under parts, yellowish 
brown ; flanks and lining of the wing, gray, barred with white ; tail, 
brown. 
Length 14.50, wing 5.25, tail 2.10, tarsus 1.85, bill 2.08. 
I include this species on the authority of Dr. Bryant, as I have 
never met with it in the Bahamas. Mr. Arthur Smith observed a 
large Rail in the neighborhood of Nassau, which may perhaps have 
been this bird. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. V. pi. 310. 
PORZANA CAROLINA. (Linn.) 
Carolina Rail. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Above, reddish brown, streaked with 
black, and some of the feathers edged with white ; flanks and lining 
of the wings barred with white and dull black ; abdomen, dull white ; 
