. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . Virginia Rail. brown; wings, brownish; under parts, dark rufous brown; throat,white; lores, ashy white, shading into gray on the cheeks; flanksand under tail coverts, barred and spotted with white and black. Length, ; wing, ; tarsus, ; bill, A common summer resident in Illinois and Wisconsin, breedingthroughout both states. Inhabits swamps and marshes. Nestson the ground. The number of eggs varies from 7 to 12. They arepale buff color, spotted and speckled with rufous brown, and meas-ure about X .95 inches. In northern Illinois the
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . Virginia Rail. brown; wings, brownish; under parts, dark rufous brown; throat,white; lores, ashy white, shading into gray on the cheeks; flanksand under tail coverts, barred and spotted with white and black. Length, ; wing, ; tarsus, ; bill, A common summer resident in Illinois and Wisconsin, breedingthroughout both states. Inhabits swamps and marshes. Nestson the ground. The number of eggs varies from 7 to 12. They arepale buff color, spotted and speckled with rufous brown, and meas-ure about X .95 inches. In northern Illinois the eggs are laidlate in May or early in June. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 383 Genus PORZANA Vieill. 96. Porzana Carolina (Linn.)- SoRA OR Carolina Rail. Distr.: Temperate North America, south to West Indies, Cen-tral America, and northern South America. Adult: Above, reddish brown, streaked with black and some ofthe feathers edged with white; flanks and linings of the wings, barred. Carolina Rail. with white and black; abdomen, dull white; a stripe of black passingfrom the bill down the center of the throat but not reaching the breast;whole of the breast, a cheek patch and superciliary line, slate color;crowm, chestnut, with a black stripe through the center; carpus, edgedwith white; crissum, rufous, shading into w^hitish. Length, ; wing, ; tail, 2; tarsus, ; bill, .75. The Carolina Rail is an abundant summer resident in Illinois andWisconsin, breeding everywhere in suitable localities. The nest isof grass in swampy places. The eggs are from 8 to 14, pale buffywhite, spotted and marked with rufous brown, and measure X .90 inches. In northern Illinois incubation begins early in May,but is somewhat later in Wisconsin. There is a set of eggs in the FieldMuseum collection, taken at Goose Lake, Waseca Co., Minnesota,June 3, 1892. 384 Field Museum of Natural History—^Zoology, Vol. IX. Genus COTURNICOPS Bonap. 97. Coturnicops noveboracen
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