Rallus elegans ? 
" Bi g Grunt er 11 . 
East Lexington, Mass. 
1899. We ( O.A.Lothrop, A. H. Hathaway & 1) heard several Carolina 
May S. Rails (we were in a boat in the flooded meadow), a "Big 
Grunt er", etc. 
Concord, Mass. 
1899. As I was paddling bach to the cabin this evening I heard 
May 20. a "Big Grunt er" in the marsh opposite Davis's Kill. It had 
a tremendous voice. It called only once T the grunting call 
not the quaching. I do not remember hearing it here before. 
