. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . tember 15, 1908 (Whar-ton) ; Boston Harbor, Mass., May 4, 1875 (Purdie); Kingston, Mass.,December 29, 1885 (Browne); Sabattus Pond, Me., 1874 (Smith);and Popham Beach, Me., October 12, 1900 (Knight). A few remain in winter as far north as Five Mile Beach, N. J.(Laurent), and occasionally on Long Island, N. Y. (Lawrence).They are abundant in winter on the coast of North Carolina, commonin South Carolina, and range south to St. Marys, Ga. (Oberholser). 20 BULLETIN 128; U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Eggs have been taken ne
. Distribution and migration of North American rails and their allies . tember 15, 1908 (Whar-ton) ; Boston Harbor, Mass., May 4, 1875 (Purdie); Kingston, Mass.,December 29, 1885 (Browne); Sabattus Pond, Me., 1874 (Smith);and Popham Beach, Me., October 12, 1900 (Knight). A few remain in winter as far north as Five Mile Beach, N. J.(Laurent), and occasionally on Long Island, N. Y. (Lawrence).They are abundant in winter on the coast of North Carolina, commonin South Carolina, and range south to St. Marys, Ga. (Oberholser). 20 BULLETIN 128; U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Eggs have been taken near Cobb Island, Ya., from May 19, 1894,to July 17, 1884 (specimens in U. S. National Museum); Stone Har-bor, N. J., May 28, 1907 (Carter), to July 7, 1903 (Miller); andSouth Oyster Bay, N. Y., May 24, 1884 (specimens in U. Museum). Birds that winter in Georgia sometimes remain there until after thelocal breeding birds have eggs, since specimens of crepitans were takenApril 4, 1896, at St. Marys, Ga., while eggs of waynei have been foundin Georgia in • BREEDING O OCCURRENCE IN SUMMER Fig. 8.—Light-footed rail (Rallus levipes). LOUISIANA CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus crepitans saturatus Ridgway. The Louisiana clapper rail is common and resident in the saltmarshes of that State and ranges east to Perdido Bay, Ala. (Howell),and west to Corpus Christi, Tex. (Sennett). Under this form are now included all the specimens from Texas thatwere formerly identified as Rallus longirostris caribaeus. Eggs havebeen taken near Corpus Christi, Tex., as late as July 23-27, 1910(Thayer). FLORIDA CLAPPER RAIL. Rallus crepitans scotti Sennett. The Florida clapper rail is confined to Florida and is a resident ofthe western coast from Charlotte Harbor north to the mouth of theSuwanee River. Downy young have been found from early May to NORTH AMERICAN RAILS AND THEIR ALLIES. 21 early July (Scott); and eggs, March 31, 1897, near the mouth of theAnclote River (Bishop). WAYNE CLAPPER RAIL. R
Size: 1408px × 1774px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookiddistributionmigr128cook
