140 RAILS, GALLINULES, AND mots. 
     
    
   
   
    
     11. Bill nndcr 1'77». 
     
     4-1. Win)“r (wrr 6‘00. 
     
     (1. Gcnwal valor lihw, t'ot-t ‘wllow . . , . . 315‘. l’l‘i:ri.1~;HALLIXI'LE. 
     
     I). Grin-ml cnlnr slaty, t'wl (lath greenish. 
     
     bl. THUS with largv svallupwl \th ur tlalis at tho shin. 221. AM. Cum: 
     
     It“. Tops withuut tlalis or wchs . . . . . ‘Jl‘J. FLUIHIIA (iALLLVL’LE. 
     
     B. Win: nndvr (mo. 
     
     (1. Win},r nnnlor 3'50. 
     
     (11. Back hhu-kish. with small round. \\'lliil' shuts . 2M. BLAH; RAIL. 
     
     a7. Bat-l; lilal-hiahV harrcd with whitt- and niarginL-il with lnntl')‘. 
     
     21.13. Yiarmw I-tAiL. 
     
     1;. Wing m‘rr 3-30. 
     
     b1. Bil] m‘m‘ 1w) _ . t . . . . . . . . . 21;). Vilmmu RAIL. 
     
     c1. Bill under 1'00. 
     
     (-2. Wing avert-Tm, lt'mfl'l‘ \ringwnvorts rntivns . 217. ('mn‘ (RAKE. 
     
     (5. Wing; unilrrt'iw, lt‘fih’l‘l‘ wing—covertsolive . . . . 214. Swim. 
     
    
   
   
    
     208. Rallus elegans .vlml. Kixr; {.mi: MARSH lit-2N. Ali/.r-mlippor 
     
     parts varyingr from nliw-hrmi‘n to Mack. tla- hack and M'aplllars wiilvly mar- 
     
     gincd With t,Ili\‘t‘-L(Tzl‘\'; wings and tail nlirc-hrmvn: \\'ing»«-uwrts I‘M/hm; 
     
     throat white; Iii-ck ainl hrvast (-i/zur/m/m—rrgr'mlx: lullly and >l<lt‘$ fin-mm, 
     
     sharply harml with white. [lair/1y )'«u1//!/J()l<iss_\' Math. 1“, 1.31:0; W., 
     
     U'OU‘ Tar” ":0; 13., 2'40. 
     
    

    
     1.‘/1nyc.#Eastern Nurth Ana‘rica: lirunls as far nurth as )liasnuri and 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     southi-rn (‘niiim-tiriit. and we 
     
     and Maine: wink-rs {ruin Virginia SHUIlHVIU'tl. 
     
     Washingtmn um-onimnn S. R.. almmt a i’. R. Imng lnlaral. rare .9 R. 
     
     Jinx-L of) 51' 
     
     twcli’o. latti'y white. lnm'v hvavily spnttwl and >1aa~l<lml with rtitl;li:~hl‘mr11 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     <iunall_\' Mrays as tar as \\'ismn>in, Hntarin, 
     
    
   
   
    
     on thv grnnnrl in t'i'i-sh-“ati-r marshes. [Cf/fix. sM‘L'n to 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     than those 01‘ tltr nvxt .\)w‘\'it‘.<. 1'65 x 1'20. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'l‘ho Kim,r Rail is thv frvsli-watur i‘vl’n't‘svntativo of the ('lamwr Hail. 
     
     it is. however, a innrxh less common llll'tl. :nnl lvss is known of its 
     
     habits. Like other Rails. it, is a shnlht-r. and Ilt‘VN‘ flies whom it can 
     
     osmpu by rnm1in;_r or hiding,r in the demo grass of its hunic. ()1) three 
     
     occasions I have hoard what I am quite .xnrv was the Kingr Hail‘s 'all, 
     
     a loud. startling lift/I. 1,171), (117]). 1117]), Mp, nttvred with incrvasing ra- 
     
     pidity nnl il tho syllahh‘s wore l):1]‘(‘1)' (list inguishahle. then enilini,r some- 
     
     what as it hogan. The whole pct'furniant'o twcnpied about five wounds. 
     
     211. Rallus longirostris crepitans (lbw/[i (HAPPEN RAIL; 
     
     .‘lAllSll llliN. iSL-t- Fig. :22 fl.) .tllxitlllN‘l' parts very palt- grl-vninh olive, 
     
     tlm i’t‘iliilt‘i‘h‘ with-1y marginal with gray: wings and tail grayish lu‘nwn; 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     \ving-omwrts pale i-innanmn, min-h washwl with gray; thi‘Uat whittt; llttl'k 
     
     ainl hroaat palm llt‘th't‘ll whravmns and t-rvam—laltl'. nmrc or less washvd 
     
     with grayix‘h; lK‘ll)’ aml >i¢lt~s gray or ln‘nwnish gray. harrml with white. 
     
     Downy Yuluqk-(iloss.\' Mack. i...1~i'5t‘: \\'.. 5-H”: Tara ‘2"le 13.. 2'3”. 
     
     [Main-lamg'l‘liu (‘lamutr Rail may always lw known from the Kin},r Rail