140 
Ridgway on Rallus Longirostris. 
dyke-brown; breast deep buff or pale cinnamon. Culmen, 1.90-2.10; 
least depth of bill, .35-. 40; wing, 5.20-5.50; tarsus, 1.75 - 1.85 ; middle 
toe, 1.75. Hob., northern coast of South America (Cayenne to Bahia). 
5. var. crepitans. Above ash-gray, the stripes usually obsolete; if dis- 
tinct, light olivaceous and not well defined ; breast buff, paler (usually 
whitish) centrally, and shaded with gray across the jugulum. Culmen, 
2.10-2.50 ; least depth of bill, .22-. 28; tarsus, 1.85-2.10; middle toe, 
1.70-2.00. Hdb ., salt-water marshes, Atlantic coast, U. S. 
c. var. caribseus. Colors of longirostris. Culmen, 2.12-2.50; least 
depth of bill, .25 -.30; tarsus, 1.95-2.10; middle toe, 1.80-1.95. Hab., 
West Indies. 
d. var. saturatus. Above olive-gray or ashy broadly striped with 
brownish-black; breast dull cinnamon. Culmen, 2.10-2.45; least depth 
of bill, .22-. 28 ; tarsus, 1.95 - 2.00; middle toe, 1.75-1.80. Hab., Lou- 
isiana. 
B. Size small (going less than 4.50 inches). 
4. R. virginianus. Colors almost exactly as in R. elegans, but usually 
more intense. Hab., the whole of North and Middle America (except 
Arctic regions), south to Guatemala and Cuba. 
Following are the principal references to R. longirostris, including 
the several races defined in the above synopsis : — 
Rallus longirostris, Boddaert, Clapper Rail. 
a. var. longirostris, Bodd. 
Rallus longirostris, Bodd., Tabl. P. E., 1783 (based on Rale a long bee, 
de Cayenne, Buff., PL Enl., 849). 
Rallus crassirostris, Lawk., Ann. Lyc. N. Y., X, Feb., 1861 (in text; 
Bahia). 
b. var. crepitans, Gmel. 
Rallus crepitans, Gmel., S. N., I, ii, 1788, 713 (based on Clapper Rail, 
Penn., Arct. Zool., ii, 1781, No. 407). — Wilson, Am. Orn., VII, 1813, 
112 (descr., but not the plate!). — Nutt., Man., ii, 1834, 201. — Aud., 
Orn. Biog., Ill, 1835, 231, pi. 214; Synop., 1839, 215 ; B. Am., V, 1842, 
165, pi. 310. — Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, 747 ; Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 
553. 
“ Rallus longirostris” (nec Bodd.) Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S, 1868, 442 
(part). — Coues, Key, 1872, 273; Check List, 1873, No. 465 ; B. N. W., 
1874, 536 (excl. syn. part). 
c. var. caribaeus, Ridg. 
“ Rallus crepitans ” and “ R. longirostris,” Auct. (all West Indian refer- 
ences). 
Rallus longirostris caribceus, Ridgw., MS. 
d. var. saturatus. 
Rallus longirostris saturatus, Henshaw, MS.* 
* Types in Mr. Henshaw’s collection. 
