. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER XIV. GREAT RED-BREASTED RAIL. RALLUS AND DESCRIPTION. N his work on the birds of Long Island,Giraud thus describes this beautifulfowl:—Bill along the gap, two inchesand three-quarters; length of tarsi, twoinches; sides and forepart of neck andthe breast, bright orange-brown; iris,bright red. Total length of the spe-cimen before us, seventeen inches; wing,six and three-quarters. Adult, upperpart of head and hind-neck dull brown;from the
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER XIV. GREAT RED-BREASTED RAIL. RALLUS AND DESCRIPTION. N his work on the birds of Long Island,Giraud thus describes this beautifulfowl:—Bill along the gap, two inchesand three-quarters; length of tarsi, twoinches; sides and forepart of neck andthe breast, bright orange-brown; iris,bright red. Total length of the spe-cimen before us, seventeen inches; wing,six and three-quarters. Adult, upperpart of head and hind-neck dull brown;from the base of the upper mandible over the eye a dull whiteline terminating with brownish-orange; lower eyelids white, loralspace and a band behind the eye dusky; upper part of the body brownish-black; the feathers broadly margined with light olive- 235
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