246. Clapper Rail. — ( Rallus longiros- 
tris crepitans.) (Gmel.) Ridgw. Mr. 
ter Parker, of Montezuma, Cayuga Co., N./^ T-vou-W, 
Y., while drying his fyke-net on the bank^*^^ 
of Seneca River, near that place, May 25tli, 
took therefrom an adult female of 
1879, 
this bird, that had beco 
meshes. He failed to 
882 . p, m 
Long Island Bird Notes N.T. Lawrence 
17. Rallus longirostris crepitans. Clapper Rail. — This bird seems 
to be a winter resident on Long Island. Mr. Will. Dutcher informs me 
that the gunners at South Oyster Bay see a few every winter. I have the 
following records from Far Rockaway : Nov. 9, 1872; Nov. 2 ^, 1883; Dec. 
5, 18S4. Messrs. Wm. Dutcher and L. S. Foster found a freshly killed 
specimen on the outer beach, February 23, 1885. 
Auk, 2, July, 1886. p.274 
Dutcher, Rare Long Island Birds. 
Rallus crepitans. Clapper Rail.— There is a fine specimen of this 
common Long Island bird in albinistic plumage. There are no data with 
Auk X. July. 1893 p. 271 
