. Handbook of birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs .. . nd less is known of itshabits. Like other Kails, it is a skulker, and never flies when it canescape by running or hiding in the dense grass of its home. On threeoccasions I have heard what I am quite sure was the King Kails call,a loud, startling huj), bup, hup, Mip, hup, uttered with increasing ra-pidity until the syllables were barely distinguishable, then ending some-what as it began. The whole performance occupied about five seconds. 211. Rallus longirostris crepi
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs .. . nd less is known of itshabits. Like other Kails, it is a skulker, and never flies when it canescape by running or hiding in the dense grass of its home. On threeoccasions I have heard what I am quite sure was the King Kails call,a loud, startling huj), bup, hup, Mip, hup, uttered with increasing ra-pidity until the syllables were barely distinguishable, then ending some-what as it began. The whole performance occupied about five seconds. 211. Rallus longirostris crepitans (Gmel). Clapper Rail; Marsh Hen. (See Fig. 22, a.) .-1^/.—Upper parts very pale greenish olive,the feathers widely margined with gray; wings and tail grayish brown;wing-coverts pale cinnamon, much washed with gray; throat white; neckand breast pale, between oehraceous and cream-buft, more or less washedwith grayish; belly and sides gray or brownish gray, barred with io««!7—Glossy black. L., 14-50 ; W., 5-00 ; Tar., 2-00 ; B., 2-50. Remarks.—The Clapper Kail may ahvays be known from the King Rail. RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS. 141 by its generally grayish instead of brownish or blackish upper parts, by itsmuch paler breast and tianks and paler wing-coverts. Kange.—Breeds in salt-water marshes of eastern North America fromConnecticut to the Gulf of Mexico; winters in small numbers from near thenorthern limit of its range southward. Washington, A. V., one record. Long Island, common S. R., Apl. to Oct.,a few winter. Sing Sing, A. V. Nesty of grasses, on the ground, in grass-grown, salt-water marshes. Eggs^eight to twelve, buify wliitc, spotted and speckled with rufous-brown, 1-72 x 1-20. The Clapper Rail is an inhabitant of grassy, salt-water marshes, and,in the southern parts of its range, of mangrove swamps. It is almostimpossible to flush these birds unless their haunts are invaded by anunusually high tide, when a boat may be pushed through the mead
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