. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . Plumage mostly bluish-purple and olive-green, no whitestreaks on flanks. Purple Gallinule. No. Forehead without trace of plate or shield. D, Bill (culmen) more than an inch long. E, EE. E. Bill two inches or more, wing about six inches. King Rail. No. Bill less than two inches, wing less than four and one halfinches. Virginia Ra
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . Plumage mostly bluish-purple and olive-green, no whitestreaks on flanks. Purple Gallinule. No. Forehead without trace of plate or shield. D, Bill (culmen) more than an inch long. E, EE. E. Bill two inches or more, wing about six inches. King Rail. No. Bill less than two inches, wing less than four and one halfinches. Virginia Rail. No. Bill less than an inch long. F, FF. F. Bill f inch or more, wing 4 inches or more. Sora; Carolina Rail. No. Bill less than f inch; wing less than 4 inches. Yellow 82. 79. King Rail. Rallus elegans And. (208) Synonyms: Fresh-water Marsh Hen, Red-breasted Rail.—Rallus elegans, Aud., 1834and most authors.—Rallus crepitans, Wils., 1813 (but not of others). Figure 4^. The cinnamon breast, barred flanks, and red eye are common to thisspecies and the Virginia Rail, the latter, however, being very much the measurements. Distribution.—Fresh-water marshes of the eastern United States, north. WATER BIRDS. 153 to the Middle States, northern lUinois, Wisconsin and Kansas, casuallyto Massachusetts, Maine and Ontario. In Michigan this species is confined apparently to the southern half ofthe Lower Peninsula, although it may occur as a straggler somewhat farthernorth. We have speci-mens taken near Sagi-naw Bay, and it hasbeen found breeding atGrand Rapids. It is acommon nester at Flats, and is fairlyabundant in the neigh-borhood of the Agricul- _. _ ^ ,^^. ^ ., ,^ . ,^ , 1 ri II T 1, Fig. 41. Foot of King Rail. (Original) tural College, Ingham county, although far less common than either the Virginia Rail or the all the rails it is shy, secretive, and rarely seen unless specially lookedfor. Most of the specimens taken are
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