mus. GALLINL'LHS, AND eoors. 141 
     
    
   
   
    
     by its ~generally grayish instead of" brownish or blaekish upper parts. by its 
     
     mueb paler breast and tlauks and paler wing—eowrts. 
     
    

    
     [till/flu—lil‘t‘t'tlfi in saltwater marshes ot' eastern North .‘\lll('l‘it'fl from 
     
     (‘oimt-etieut to the Unit ot' .\lexieo: winters in small numbers from near the 
     
     northern limit ot' its range southward. 
     
    

    
     \\'asltiu;_:ton, .\. \‘.. one rt-eord. Long lsland. eouunon S. 1L, .\pl. to ()et., 
     
     a few winter. Sing Sing. .\. Y. 
     
    

    
     .\ixt. (It. )5 
     
     eight totu elve~ bull} white. spotted and speekh-d with rtlt'otls—brown7 1'72 x 1‘20. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     asst-s. on the ground. in grass-"rou‘n. saltwater marshes. [Li/gm, 
     
    
   
   
    
     'l‘l1e('lapper ltail is an inhabitant of grassy, salt-water marshes. and, 
     
     in the southern parts of its range, of mangrove swamps. It is almost. 
     
     impossible to llush these birds unless their haunts are invaded by an 
     
     unusually high tide. when a boat may be pushed through the meadows 
     
     and the birds forced to take wing. I have heard birds calling in the 
     
     tall grass within a few feet of me. and have made a wild rush in their 
     
     (lireetiou, only to be lll()t'l{(‘tl a moment later by apparently the same. 
     
     bird "alling from a point almost within reaeh. 'J‘hey dodge about over 
     
     Well-traveled pathways like children in a game of bliudman‘s bull". 
     
    

    
     While not strietly gregarious. they live in eolonies, and the long, 
     
     rolling (-all ot one bird is sometimes taken up and repeated by Others 
     
     until there is a general eutery through the marsh. 
     
    
   
   
    
     211a. R. l. saturatus [/1 12x12. Lorisuxx Harriett Rina—A local 
     
     raee ot' the Clapper liail found in the marshes of Louisiana. lts eliaraeters 
     
     appear not to be Well understood. It is mueh darker than rrqjittuts, but; not 
     
     so dark as senttz'i. " \\'.. FMS: Tull, 1".th 13.. 2‘27 " tllidgw. \. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It‘d/n u.—L‘oast of Louisiana. 
     
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     211b. R. l. scottii min/1.). FLUIHIM (Trim-1:}: ‘I.\ii..—~l)itl'ers from 
     
     map/(«um in beitu! blavk. t'useous. or olivwbrowu above. With 4>1i\'t'»gt'tl)' mm“ 
     
     giu< to the fathers: in haying; the neek and breast einnamorrruti>us washed 
     
     with brownish. and in hitting” the belly and tlauks blaek instead ot‘gray. ln 
     
     fat-t. the general color of sen/[ii suggests a Kin;r llail. but the latter may always 
     
     be known by its Til/bus \\'i11t_’—eo\‘erts and ('Ztal' einuauton-rull>us neek and 
     
     breast. \V.. 5‘3”: Tait. 11!“: ll. "Jule. 
     
    
   
   
    
     [hag/t .770 ul 1‘ eoast of Florida. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     212. Rallus virginianus Linn. Vtituixu lint. .11]. l'pperparts 
     
    
   
   
    
     f‘nseous or lvlaek, the feathers bordered by pale "l 'sh brown: wines and 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     tail dark grayish brown; wing-eou-rts ruliuts. lores whitish, t-ht-eks gray, 
     
     throat white. rest of the under parts einuaunnu—rnt‘ous: flanks and under tail- 
     
     t~o\'t~rts barred or spotted with blaek and white. JIIIII‘II‘I/ You/«y. (ilossy 
     
     blark. l.,,1l'.';o; “1.4210: 'I'ar.. l'ilII: l’u.. 1'30. 
     
    

    
     [fa/lye. Breeds from northern Illinois. l’t-uusylrania. and Loner Island to 
     
     Manitoba and Labrador; Winters from near the southern limit of its breeding 
     
     range southward. 
     
    

    
     Washington. probably l’. 1!. Long Island, common S. IL, Apl. to (let; u