. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER XVI. GREAT RED-BREASTED RAIL. RALLUS ELEGANS. LOCALITY 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 and- the 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 game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER XVI. GREAT RED-BREASTED RAIL. RALLUS ELEGANS. LOCALITY 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 and- the 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 bodybrownish-black; the feathers broadly margined with light olive- 281
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