. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . , moreor less intensely slate-gray, the sides of the breast usually alsowith some obsolete whitish speckling or barring. Young with-out these black and slate-colored areas, the throat whitish, thebreast brown. Length, ; extent, ; wing,; tail about ; bill, ; tarsus, ; middletoe and claw A very abundant summer resident in suitable local-ities, being the best known and most equably dis-tributed of the New England Rallidce, arriving in Aprilor May and departing usually in Sep
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . , moreor less intensely slate-gray, the sides of the breast usually alsowith some obsolete whitish speckling or barring. Young with-out these black and slate-colored areas, the throat whitish, thebreast brown. Length, ; extent, ; wing,; tail about ; bill, ; tarsus, ; middletoe and claw A very abundant summer resident in suitable local-ities, being the best known and most equably dis-tributed of the New England Rallidce, arriving in Aprilor May and departing usually in September, though somelinger into October. The habits are too well-known torequire description. PORZANA NOVEBORACENSIS : YELLOW RAIL. 28/ The eggs of Porzajia Carolina are spotted just likethose of the foregoing Ralli,but are readily distinguishedby their strong drab ground-color, instead of the white orcreamy and pale buffy of theformer. They are rathersmaller than those of R. vir- giiiiamis, and perhaps more fig. 60.—Carolina , measuring about X YELLOW RAIL, OR CRAKE. PORZANA NOVEBORACENSIS {Gni) CaSS. Chars. Very small. Above, streaked with blackish and brownish-yellow, thickly marked also with narrow white semicirclesand transverse bars. Below, pale brownish-yellow, fading onthe belly, deepest on breast, where many feathers are dark-tipped ; flanks blackish, with numerous white bars ; crissumvaried with black, white, and rufous. Length about ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, ; tarsus, ; middle toe and claw This is represented by the older New Englandauthorities, and by others down to a quite recent date,as a rare species. It is certainly uncommon, as com-pared with either the Virginian or Carolinian Rail, butthere is every reason to believe it is a regular summerresident of New England, and one generally distributedin suitable places. Being insignificant in stature, of nostriking colors, and one of the most inveterate skulkersof the ree
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